Re: Alt and/or Title

by Bill Costlow <atlatyl(at)yahoo.com>

Date:	Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:16:16 -0800 (PST)
To:	Paul Wilson <webgooru(at)gte.net>, JamesKB <jameskb(at)mindspring.com>, HWG <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
	todo: View Thread, Original

Since this bill was signed in 1998 and just went into
effect on 21 Dec 2000, most federal sites have
prepared to meet the legal requirements.

This Law *only* applies to federal sites.  for more
information see:

http://www.section508.gov

--- Paul Wilson <webgooru(at)gte.net> wrote:

> There may also some legal ramifications.  I have
> heard of a couple of
> lawsuits against government websites that were
> classified as handicap
> unfriendly and the lack of alt tags was specifically
> mentioned. 

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