On 15/11/2019 14:28, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Low graphics environments include such items as navy ships at sea among
others. The Navy just before I retired figured this out and made its
mandatory web based training accessible. That accessibility also made
the mandatory training work much better and faster in low graphics
environments. So the Navy by complying with the law got a second
unexpected benefit from compliance.
The US navy would be subject to section 508, as a federal institution.
The problem is that most web sites are really there to advertise, not to
communicate, and most web designers, even when working for
organisations, like charities, that want to communicate, are looking for
a good CV for selling their services to the good payers who want to
advertise.
When advertising, graphics allow you to put across messages that would
be illegal, as misrepresentation, if stated in plain text.
Charity executives may well also be influenced by what they see on
commercial web sites and not understand that commercial web sites are
not about straighforward communication.
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