Accessites.org
2007 May

Well, when I commented on the previous draft of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) for Accessites, it was definitely sitting closer to the ‘woeful’ category, and I was perfectly willing to tell them so. That was a year ago. They’ve since had ample time to work on it and improve matters. The question is, have they?

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Experience over the years has taught me that salesmanship often comes down to nothing more than overcoming objections. The prospective customer states they can’t afford it; the salesman speaks the virtues of easy financing. The prospective customer claims they have no room for it; the salesman dons work clothes and expresses a willingness to make room. Once the prospective customer has had all of his or her objections swatted down like sluggish fall flies, he or she will often sign on the dotted line. This is fact. Now let’s look at how this applies to web accessibility.

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The Philippine Web Accessibility Group (P.W.A.G.) was established in August 11^th, 2006 based on the recommendations made by more than 80 participants of the “Webmasters’ Interface on Accessible Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Persons with Disabilities” held in May 2006 in Cebu City. The group was envisioned as an association of web designers who would promote web accessibility, provide training to upgrade skills and open up opportunities for the disabled sector.

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The Philippine Web Accessibility Group site proves to be a solidly built and easily navigable site. Great attention has been paid to making the site accessible with clean markup, a breadcrumb trail and extended image descriptions. However, some areas fell short of best practice, including poorly chosen alternative text, badly styled links and no custom error pages.

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