Comments on: Google Increases Awareness of Digital Accessibility http://anikto.com/wordpress/2009/10/24/google-increases-awareness-of-digital-accessibility/ Innovation Technology for the Greater Good Sat, 19 May 2012 13:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: James Coltham http://anikto.com/wordpress/2009/10/24/google-increases-awareness-of-digital-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-8690 James Coltham Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:27:12 +0000 http://anikto.com/wordpress/?p=131#comment-8690 Although Google's efforts are commendable, I do have my concerns about whether they are <i>enough</i>. I blogged about this: <a href="http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/google-and-accessibility/" rel="nofollow">Google and Accessibility - not there yet</a>. The 'launch early and iterate' philosophy, in particular, potentially conflicts with the best practice approach to accessibility where you build it in at the start. Without a doubt Google is in the perfect position to have a profound effect on the understanding of, and global increase in, web accessibility. I just hope they do it justice. Although Google’s efforts are commendable, I do have my concerns about whether they are enough. I blogged about this: Google and Accessibility – not there yet. The ‘launch early and iterate’ philosophy, in particular, potentially conflicts with the best practice approach to accessibility where you build it in at the start.

Without a doubt Google is in the perfect position to have a profound effect on the understanding of, and global increase in, web accessibility. I just hope they do it justice.

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