[longisland6]

i am about to start the design of a strict b2b site with a well defined, and small (about 100 or so) user base. i have also become a strong adherent of designs based on web standards, accessible, valid xhtml, etc. i am burning to get the money to buy jakob neilsens research on b2b sites, but i can't seem to convince my boss to spend the 200 bucks it will cost. which is completely absurd to me, since it would seem this information could lead to a much more effective site and better user experience.

since there seem to be such strict rules for giving a b2b user a certain "experience", certain things they expect, does anyone know if the strict parameters of a b2b site can be achieved using a fully valid, accessible, web standards based design (since i can't read jakob's pdf)? thanks...

[mpdennis]

The accessibility guidelines are certainly key. If your site is not accessible as per W3C guideline then you are at risk see here

Hope this helps

[2Dfruit]

you did a website for the bbc?

[proc355]

jakob neilsen - you can have any colour, as long as it's 50% grey.

in my experience business users tend to expect everything to work half-assed in IE, and take ages to load; where else would they find the time to talk about who fucked the bicycle in admin?