One of the downsides of settling is that the agreement usually isn't a
public document, so there is no new case law to clarify what companies
must do. That said, it does add weight, at least in the US, to the idea
that there is a real cost/risk to not making a website accessible. Sort
of the stick side of the carrot and stick persuasion to get companies to
do the right thing. NFB did publish their changes for target.com agreed
to in the settlement here:
http://www.nfbtargetlawsuit.com/Final%20Exhibit%20D%20Agreed-upon%20changes%20-%201.xls
Not sure why they had to do it as an Excel spreadsheet but I was able to
open it with Excel, export it as HTML and load that into Safari which
made it readable with Voiceover. I attached the html file but I'm not
sure if this mailing list supports attachments so if it doesn't come
through and you would like to read it just give a shout.
That said, it's sad that a lot of what's on the list is really basic
stuff like alt text on images and header tags for major sections. For
web developers this should be basics 101 of HTML and also helps with
search engine optimization. Why wouldn't they want to get better page
rankings?
CB
Cara Quinn wrote:
Where did you see this, out of curiosity? I read what I thought was
the entire article.
Anyway, regardless, -Any Mac / VO relation?…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Aug 27, 2008, at 4:47 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
how unfortunate. it names jaws and window eyes and only blind.
Target is
one of my favorite stores to shop at and I have never had a problem
using it
with jaws.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Blouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:21 PM
Subject: NFB v. Target
In case you hadn't heard the news Target settled with the NFB today for
about $6M.
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jC5L9k0UBbp96HWGbCRNaD18S3TQ
CB
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