The Lost Coder: entry

Harsh statement, I know. But I got some proof for this one. First of all, let’s have a good look at the google home page, and if it validates.

Survey SAYS: NEGATIVE! Oh and the search page fails CSS validation as well. But it does pass a basic pass on Cynthiasays for Section 508, but fails WAI. Man, what’s going on with such a simple page?

Now you may think big deal that it doesn’t, but think about it for a second. This is the place where everyone starts with Google. The infamous search page. To me personally, I would like to think that this is a bit of a crappy message to give to people using tools on their system to check out the ever so popular Google.

But what about the other search engines, shouldn’t they be held accountable to this as well?  Well duh, of course they should.  And for me personally, yes, I do hold them to the same standard.  But Google even more so because they are in a position where they can set an example, and frankly.. they have the market share so why screw that up?

I didn’t even bother to go into their other apps and services.. I’m gonna safely assume that there’s issues in there too.  And thats what I’m getting at;  if these Google functions are meant for all public use, then what about this sector of the public that you’ve forgotten about?

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