http://www.netsquared.org/tags/online-accessibility share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/katie-laird/united-nations-takes-a-crack-at-online-accessibility-issues <p>I ran across information on a recent <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&amp;storyid=2006-12-06T092535Z_01_N05332044_RTRUKOC_0_US-INTERNET-DISABLED.xml&amp;src=rss">United Nations accessibility review of 100 different Web sites from 20 countries around the world</a>.&nbsp; Their grade?&nbsp; <strong>Big Fat F for Failure</strong></p> <p>Only 3 of those 100 actually made a decent score, which is just pathetic.&nbsp; Specifically:</p> <ol> <li>German chancellor&#39;s site: <a href="http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de">http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de</a></li> <li>British prime minister&#39;s site: <a href="http://www.primeminister.gov.uk">http://www.primeminister.gov.uk</a></li> <li>Spanish government site:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.la-moncloa.es/default.htm">http://www.la-moncloa.es/default.htm</a> </li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/katie-laird/united-nations-takes-a-crack-at-online-accessibility-issues">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/katie-laird/united-nations-takes-a-crack-at-online-accessibility-issues#comments accessibility online accessibility Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:58:06 -0500 Katie Laird 2237 at http://www.netsquared.org