I've just noticed a comment on a post I made about accessibility where I criticised a web site for its mark-up (<span> and <div> galore; no meaningful HTML elements except <a>) and I was sooo excited & responded straightaway...
Now I'm nervous: The commenter identified himself as "Steve Bailey" and a quick Google for "steve bailey hyfinity" highlights a potential link -- is the person posting the comment "chief e-business architect" at the company whose web site I was critical of?
So perhaps now is a good time to give a caveat: Anything appearing on this blog is my opinion and is in no way associated with my employer!
I'm not retracting anything -- what I said in Feb. 2005 was correct then & it's correct now: Building a page out of meaningless span and div elements with meaningful class names is not the right way to do it! Screen readers, mobile browser (who may lose CSS), anyone in text mode or not getting the visual emphasis derived from such classitis can't see information conveyed visually by lists, paragraphs and headings unless they're marked-up as such with the correct HTML elements.
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