Re: [WSG] Encoded mailto links (and accessibility)

2007-10-23 Thread Or Golan
On 10/23/07, Moira Clunie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/19/07, Michael MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not much good for someone using a device without sound From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Or Golan I'm guessing that a person who uses a screen reader has sound

Re: [WSG] Encoded mailto links

2007-10-19 Thread Or Golan
On 10/19/07, Michael MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not much good for someone using a device without sound I'm guessing that a person who uses a screen reader has sound on his device. I'm not saying use only sound, but more like using a gif that has your email in it, and when you click on it

Re: [WSG] Encoded mailto links

2007-10-18 Thread Or Golan
Screen readers run on top of normal browsers like IE of Firefox Didn't know that this is how screen readers work. Well, the best way to let visually impaired people see your email, is just do something the spambots can't get and the ones you want to gets the email will get it. Simply put it as an

Re: [WSG] Encoded mailto links

2007-10-17 Thread Or Golan
Why not simply display the email address as a simple mailto only when the browser is a screen reader? On 10/17/07, Rick Lecoat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/10/07 (14:16) Patrick said: Fix your spam issues at the mail server + mail client end, not at the web page end, would be my advice.

Re: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-05 Thread Or Golan
Target are saying If you are blind, you are worthless. We only take money from people who aren't like you. In a physical environment the equivalent would be turning them away at the door. Would you tolerate that if it was based on gender, religion or race? That's not what Target are saying. It's

Re: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-05 Thread Or Golan
Target are saying If you are blind, you are worthless. We only take money from people who aren't like you. In a physical environment the equivalent would be turning them away at the door. Would you tolerate that if it was based on gender, religion or race? That's not what Target are saying. It's

Re: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-05 Thread Or Golan
Target are saying If you are blind, you are worthless. We only take money from people who aren't like you. In a physical environment the equivalent would be turning them away at the door. Would you tolerate that if it was based on gender, religion or race? That's not what Target are saying. It's

Re: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-04 Thread Or Golan
even if making their site accessible to the blind costs target 0 dollars and 0 work, even if they need to just flip a button and bang - their site is accessible, it doesn't mean the law should force them to do it. what i really don't understand is why did the blind people sued target..if target

Re: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-04 Thread Or Golan
You are right, there is no reason in the world not to make your site accessible. It's easy and it is cheap, and it makes your site better. The question is, why should we force anyone to do it? No one makes his site non-accessible out of discriminating motives. They do it because they are either