[Fsfe-uk] Re: Frod

[Richard Smedley]

On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 15:52, Chris Croughton wrote:

> So in summary:
> 
>   Ford (UK and US) were a big offender, and arrogant about it.
>   
>   Ford UK have changed and the site is now mostly accessible.
>   
>   Ford US need JS for a redirector on the first page (and that's /all/
>   that first page is used for!).  After that, it's not as good as Ford
>   UK (fewer ALT tags on images, for instance) but looks probably usable.

Two cheers, then :-)


>   This has to be a company-wide policy change.  I wonder whether US
>   disabilities legislation had anything to do with it?  Or maybe they
>   had a person with clue come in.

Both posible - the US legislation is beginning to
make a huge difference. It may also give GNOME a
huge boost too :o)

> I'll be contacting Ford UK and congratulating them on changing the
> policy and on the revised website.

Good idea - many companies take note of such
positive feedback.

 - Richard

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