How not to…

08/07/2009

…do a Lisbon Treaty website

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The cartoon characters on the Lisbon Treaty website

The cartoon characters on the Lisbon Treaty website

The Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs has just launched a “public awareness” website (www.lisbontreaty.ie) to make the Lisbon Treaty more accessible.

Problem is, the site itself isn’t accessible. Not according to internationally recognised accessibility standards, such as the Web Accessibility Initiative.

Secondly, it’s written in Department of Affairs Speak.

Thirdly, it – and other marketing stuff like the postcards going out to every household – is based on cartoon characters. If the Government keeps insisting on treating us like children…

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