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Old Jul 27th, 2007, 12:54
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Re: BBC websites

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Originally Posted by mmfraser View Post
It would be a major job to fix them.... Also, think how many ordianry people would goto w3 and validate the BBC's site? Not very many. The website does its job and it would probubly be more trouble than its worth fixing them.
The BBC 1 channel is the main channel, the BBC flagship service if you will. BBC 1 will have cost most people in Britain tens of thousands of pounds each by the end of their lifetime. I expect the website for the main channel to be valid. If its not valid then its not accessible. If its not accessible, then its discriminating. There's laws on that now. I think for such a big company (especially one that we are forced to pay for) should get things like this right, especially as it is seen a leader in innovation and interactivity. I mean 90 errors on a page? A monkey on a keyboard wouldn't make that many. Having no doc type is just stupid, and I don't care how the site is built, it wouldn't take long to fix. The code is just lazy, There's no excuse.