Thursday, January 24, 2008

Re: Looking for "great" school websites

--- Peter Kwiterovich
<pkwiterovich@norfolkacademy.org> wrote:

> www.norfolkacademy.org
>
> www.gilman.edu
>
> St. Christopher's School in Richmond
>
> They all use Whipple Hill

Disclaimer: I design web sites, and I'm somewhat of a
standards zealot.

None of these sites validate XHTML strict, and this
page (literally, my second click on the site)
https://www.norfolkacademy.org/podium/default.aspx?t=47052&ch=0&it=1

has table-based layout used as a formatting crutch,
as opposed to fully semantic markup.

This combination has the potential to render the site
inaccessible to users with disabilities.

Mind you, I did not go through the site with a
screenreader to see what actually happens, but these
are flags to look for when evaluating a site.

Cheers,

Bill


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