[Websg Meetup] IDA website revamped

[Vanessa Tan]

A few years ago, we met with the company that made MCYS's website
AAA-accessible. They estimated how much it would cost to make our
organisation's website accessible as well. I recall the amount was a six or
seven-figure sum. We said forget it! Their prices weren't accessible :P

On 26/02/07, Coleman Yee <colemanyee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i noticed the WAI sticker at the bottom left, claiming that they have 'A'
> compliance level for accessibility.
>
> ol' cynical me couldn't resist verifying:
>
> http://www.contentquality.com/mynewtester/cynthia.exe?rptmode=2&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ida.gov.sg%2Fhome%2Findex.aspx
> they fail.
>
> incidentally, MCYS (http://app.mcys.gov.sg/web/home_main.asp ) claims to
> be AAA-compliant.
> here's the results:
> http://www.contentquality.com/mynewtester/cynthia.exe?rptmode=2&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.mcys.gov.sg%2Fweb%2Fhome_main.asp
>
> they fail also.
> MCYS passes most of the automated checks, but they fail spectacularly for
> manual checkpoints,  especially with their use of table-based layout.
>
> we should write in to comprain.
>
>
>
> On 2/26/07, Vanessa Tan <vantan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just got wind of IDA's revamp: http://www.ida.gov.sg/
> >
> > My initial feedback:
> >
> > 1) They're still using tables and font tags.
> >
> > 2) Visually, it's more text-heavy than the previous site.
> >
> > 3) Navigation wise, it feels more well-organised than the previous site.
> > The previous site redirected to something like www.ida.gov.sg/marketing... I know that their Mktg Dept handled the website but the rest of the
> > world didn't need to be redirected to the Marketing folder.
> >
> > 4) If you type the URL without the 'www', you can't access the site.
> >
> > 5) They seemed to have complied with the Govt Web Interface Standards in
> > terms of layout, which is good since they're the ones who wrote it :)
> >
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