Earlier today I signed an online petition to encourage Google to take a leading role in promoting accessible web development. The petition, launched by a Canadian web developer, suggests that
Google has not taken a strong lead in producing standards compliant, accessible web sites. Although contributing to the W3C and other standards bodies, the many sites that Google produces do limit access to people with disabilities. Given the web presence that Google has, this is enough of a problem, however it is worsened by the fact that Google’s model is copied regularly by web developers looking for an industry standard to follow.
A new home for accessibility at Google
Google were impressively quick to respond, posting a link on the petition to a new official blog post entitled A New Home for Accessibility at Google, by accessibility product manager Jonas Klink.