Comments on: “British Standard” for accessibility to launch 8 March http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam Dutton http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-41892 Sam Dutton Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:41:39 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility-to-launch-8-march/#comment-41892 Great to see PAS 78 is now free: http://www.drc.org.uk/library/website_accessibility_guidance/pas_78.aspx Great to see PAS 78 is now free:

http://www.drc.org.uk/library/website_accessibility_guidance/pas_78.aspx

]]> By: Bruce http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-4907 Bruce Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:40:31 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility-to-launch-8-march/#comment-4907 Cheers Sam.. I was wondering about the missing words! Cheers Sam.. I was wondering about the missing words!

]]> By: Sam Dutton http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-4901 Sam Dutton Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:48:39 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility-to-launch-8-march/#comment-4901 Oops -- look like my last replied got messed up. Gist was... - the "barrier to entry" to accessibility documentation needs to be very, very, very low - organisations reluctant to shell out for PAS 78 are (paradoxically) the ones that need to change - a simple, compelling website (along the lines of Steve Krug's book <em>Don't Make Me Think</em>) might be better. Cheers Sam Dutton Oops — look like my last replied got messed up.

Gist was…

- the “barrier to entry” to accessibility documentation needs to be very, very, very low

- organisations reluctant to shell out for PAS 78 are (paradoxically) the ones that need to change

- a simple, compelling website (along the lines of Steve Krug’s book Don’t Make Me Think) might be better.

Cheers

Sam Dutton

]]> By: Sam Dutton http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-4549 Sam Dutton Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:31:19 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility-to-launch-8-march/#comment-4549 Hi Bruce >> the price has been reduced to £30 > Any commercial organisation that isn’t prepared to shell out that small sum isn’t the kind to spend the time making their site accessible, anyway Don't Make Me Think. Something a project manager can digest in around one minute and find difficult to forget. Whatever -- thanks for this site and congratulations on producing the PAS 78 document. Sam Hi Bruce

>> the price has been reduced to £30 > Any commercial organisation that isn’t prepared to shell out that small sum isn’t the kind to spend the time making their site accessible, anyway Don’t Make Me Think. Something a project manager can digest in around one minute and find difficult to forget.

Whatever — thanks for this site and congratulations on producing the PAS 78 document.

Sam

]]> By: Bruce http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-3659 Bruce Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:43:09 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility-to-launch-8-march/#comment-3659 As I say in my <a href="/2006/pas-78-guide-to-good-practice-in-commissioning-accessible-websites/" rel="nofollow">post-launch write-up</a>, the price has been reduced to £30. Any commercial organisation that isn't prepared to shell out that small sum isn't the kind to spend the time making their site accessible, anyway. As I say in my post-launch write-up, the price has been reduced to £30. Any commercial organisation that isn’t prepared to shell out that small sum isn’t the kind to spend the time making their site accessible, anyway.

]]> By: Sam Dutton http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-3638 Sam Dutton Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:19:15 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/british-standard-for-accessibility-to-launch-8-march/#comment-3638 PAS 78 is great news, but unless you're a BSI subscriber, it's only available as a £60 hard copy. Net result: very few people will read it. Any chance the BSI could make an exception for this document and publish it online? PAS 78 is great news, but unless you’re a BSI subscriber, it’s only available as a £60 hard copy.

Net result: very few people will read it.

Any chance the BSI could make an exception for this document and publish it online?

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