Computing report that a survey has found that 61% of Government web-sites do not comply with internationally agreed HTML standards.The Government should really be leading the way in promoting open standards and an ability to access web-sites from any medium. Making web-sites accessible to the disabled, users of any operating system, and those on narrow-band should not be afterthought – it should be the standard. Simply slapping an “We recommend you use Internet Explorer 5+” is not the answer, it’s a cop-out.
Horrible Web-Sites
We’ve all visited web-sites that use ridiculous amounts of Flash “effects” that hampers us from grabbing the information we want from the site and moving on. How frustrating is that?
Accessibility on all platforms
I’m not suggesting that the web revert back to the original days of HTML, just pages and pages of links – but I want to see sites that are accessible from anywhere you can get a ‘net connection. That means a site should be viewable on my PDA over Wireless, my Mobile Phone over GPRS, and even my Atari 800XL using a “Text Only” page if needs be! Sites should be built to scale down to the viewers capabilities. Flash effects are wonderful, but only if you’ve got a 2mb Broadband Connection and Internet Explorer v6 to hand!
Richard Tubb is one of the best-known experts within the global IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) community. He launched and sold his own MSP business before creating a leading MSP media and consultancy practice. Richard helps IT business owner’s take back control by freeing up their time and building a business that can run without them. He’s the author of the book “The IT Business Owner’s Survival Guide” and writer of the award-winning blog www.tubblog.co.uk
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