www.dirty.org/underworld/

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Originally Posted by stimpee

Hey Yan, im using top internet browser Lynx. your site looks rubbish mate. sort it out! ascii is where its at!

Hey Yannick,

I'm using my PDA your site looks like rubbish mate. Sort it out! Small is where it's at!

I'm using my phone your site looks like rubbish mate. Sort it out! Tiny is where it's at!

I'm colourblind and can't read any of the text on your site. Sort it out! High contrast style sheets is where it's at!

I'm blind and use a spoken word browser and your site works like shit. Sort it out! Structured HTML is where it's at!

I have mobility problems and can't use my mouse so your site works like shit. Sort it out! Structured HTML with accesskeys is where it's at!

I use a proper browser that your non-standards compliant HTML doesn't seem to like, so I can't read your site. Sort it out! Anything but IE is where it's at!

Et cetera

Try reading, Stimp. Standards-compliance isn't about preventing you from polluting the interweb with sub-graffitti 'art', it's about making sure that those who don't want it, don't need it, can't use it, etc. can still get the information they want from your site. Sure you can stick with half-arsed 1990's table-based layouts, full of sliced images from Photoshop or Fireworks. But most people are more interested in passing information to their users/customers, rather than tossing off in HTML.

Quick check with aDesigner yielded almost 200 accessibility problems with the news page, all of them easily avoidable. If you think accessibility isn't important, feel free to let me stab you in both eyes with a compass and then we'll see how much you enjoy finding out information about your favourite bands on teh interweb.

Simon

edit BTW Yannick, I'm not having a go at you, just the pricks telling you that doing the job properly isn't worthwhile.