jrookie - 6:53 pm on Sep 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

“But I think that it will be a good thing, as it will 'sanitize' the web design industry.”

I’m new here. I came here to get some tips on how to improve the web site for the small company I own and operate (electronic OEM manufacturing).

I’m one of the guys that use ‘Front Page’ for layout and clean up by hacking my way through html, java, etc.

The above quote seems to imply that the web should be the private domain of the professional web designer and this new ruling will promote the competent while at the same time remove the riff-raff.

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My opposition is that it is just one more governmental regulation that impedes production and in the vast majority of cases, does not help the intended people. No one wants to be insensitive but there has to a practical balance. Although they might find it interesting reading, no blind person is going to be buying the space shuttle parts (literally) that we make.

Again, let the market decide. If there is a huge advantage to the additional overhead, companies will implement it, but don’t force it down their throat.