In the CMS industry, we try to stay current with the latest and greatest
trends for Web sites, Web apps, and the Internet in general. We work so hard
to stay ahead of the market, in fact, that it's often easy to lose sight of
where most businesses and organizations are in terms of their online
presence.
To better understand our customer base, we at Hannon Hill undertook a primary
research project in the summer of 2006 to determine how important Web
standards are in the education and healthcare fields. What we found was not
good: 86% of America's Best Colleges, and 99% of America's Best Hospitals, as
ranked by U.S. News & World Report, aren't compliant with the HTML/XHTML Web
standards recommended by the W3C.
New Legal Precedents for Web Accessibility Catalyst Change
Meanwhile, the legal push for Web accessibility (directly related to W3C
HTML/XHTML Web standards) is... (more)