Gerald, For what it is worth, just tried going to target site and it opened with no problem. I'm using Window's XP Pro, latest JAWS and IE 8 Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com
So this is not a screen reader issue. Then Target must be deliberately blocking access to its web site to all consumers, blind and sighted alike, who use certain browsers. This makes absolutely no sense. The rocket scientists at Target who designed their web site are the same lame brains who are probably now wondering why their holiday sales are down. Unbelievable. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com > Generally, The websites are programmed to see what type of browsers are > accessing them. Then the sites are developed to give the best visual > display > to the browsers that most often access them. Thus, I am not sure why the > IE > 8 would not display as good as IE 9. > > God bless, > Mark > > God Loves you! > You can visit my website at: > http://christiantraditions.info > Please visit my blog at: > http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:45 PM > To: blind-computing > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com > > > I was under the impression that Target had made a serious effort to > improve > the accessibility of its web site for blind consumers. > So imagine my surprise when I attempted to visit Target.com today and got > the following error message: > > Target Home Page > > Problems viewing Target.com ? > It's because your browser isn't supported. Upgrade to one of the latest > versions listed below to get the most out of your Target.com experience. > list of 3 items > Click here to download Internet Explorer > Click here to download Mozilla Firefox > Click here to download Google Chrome > list end > > > What the heck is going on here? What do they mean that my browser is not > supported? I'm running XP Pro with IE 8, so since when is this browser > not > supported? IE 8 is the latest version of Internet Explorer that can run > under XP, which, the last time I checked will continue to be supported by > Microsoft through at least 2014. And don't even get me started with > Firefox. Is there some reasonable explanation for this message? Could my > screen reader, JAWS 9, be the culprit? Is there a work around for this > problem? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > Gerald > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
