By now most web designers and developers know that JavaScript causes a real headache for search engine spiders.
September 1997 saw the release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4, an event which not only changed the face of web development but officially marked the start of the infamous 'Browser Wars'.
The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) was established by the inventor of the web as we know it today, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee in 1994 to create a uniform set of standards for the internet and its continuing development.
Given the many excellent reasons to make provisions for disabled users when creating a web site, why do so many professionals in the web design industry ignore this important facet of the online community?