FAO Times Online
Your new website:
There are some good new features here; the use of AJAX tabs on the home page, a well organised page and sensible footer; as well as a nice new style - I love the use of the Georgia Sans Serif - very web 2.0.
However, I have to say, for an organisation like the Times to not post an accessibility statement describing exactly what is being done for visually or motor-impaired people, as well as the elderly, is pretty awful. This website doesnt not validate to W3C standards (in fact the home page has 104 errors) and is not going to be accessible to all users.
It is not that hard to do and in my opinion, the press has as much of a duty as the government does to provide a fully valid, accessible site - especially when it is only 2 days old.
February 8th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Indeed, it was a major oversight on behalf of the web designers for the Times to leave out an accessibility statement for their recently revamped site. I wonder how long it will take for them to amend it.
I did see your comment (February 07, 2007 What the bloggers are saying) repeated twice no less.
That said, I like the style of the site. You’re right, it is well organised, especially the tabbed box - MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED MOST CURIOUS.