Re: [WSG] Federal Court hearing re Virgin Blue website accessiblity

2009-01-20 Thread Nick Cowie
Chris, thanks for bringing it to my attention, I did not know about the up coming court case. I have seen a letter Mr Kerr sent a company regarding an inaccessible website: http://forums.port80.asn.au/showthread.php?t=12018#6 and received and replied to email Mr Kerr sent as a response to my

Re: [WSG] Federal Court hearing re Virgin Blue website accessiblity

2009-01-20 Thread Matthew Pennell
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Nick Cowie cowie.n...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently I have a different opinion from Mr Kerr on what makes a web site accessible under the Disabilities Discrimination Act. Care to expand on that point? Do his views jibe with what most web developers would

Re: [WSG] Federal Court hearing re Virgin Blue website accessiblity

2009-01-20 Thread Nick Cowie
2009/1/20 Matthew Pennell matthewpenn...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Nick Cowie cowie.n...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently I have a different opinion from Mr Kerr on what makes a web site accessible under the Disabilities Discrimination Act. Care to expand on that point? Do his

[WSG] Federal Court hearing re Virgin Blue website accessiblity

2009-01-19 Thread Chris Dimmock
Did anyone else see this?? will be seeking orders from the Federal Court forcing Virgin Blue to make their websites accessible to the disabled as required under the Federal Disability Discrimination Act or to take those websites off-line.

Re: [WSG] Federal Court hearing re Virgin Blue website accessiblity

2009-01-19 Thread Seona Bellamy
2009/1/20 Chris Dimmock chris.dimm...@gmail.com: Did anyone else see this?? http://www.propellerglobal.com/news/News/128/virgin-blue-to-court-again-for-discrimination http://www.theage.com.au/travel/virgin-blue-in-court-over-website-20090119-7kc1.html Been a while since SOCOG.. Yes,