To add to the colorful discussion...
There is certainly merit behind being able to design a site the way you
want. I've written private web applications where javascript was
required - cookies too.
In the public sphere, its a whole different story. Yes, you can choose
to visit a website, just like you can choose to visit the local library.
The library is required to offer some level of accessibility to disabled
visitors. A website should do the same, especially in an instance where
it is designed for the general public seeking public information.
On the target suit, at a glance it does seem frivolous. Blind people
shopping online does seem crazy since we tend to think of the web in
such visual terms.
In reality, the suit is a result of target's basic refusal to change the
checkout process on the site so a screenreader or other device can
checkout using the shopping system. If I remember correctly there were
given a year if not more to do so and still didn't with the suit being
the consequence.
We all know that this would not be difficult to do.
Joseph R. B. Taylor
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Steve Green wrote:
I think you'll find the people of Tibet didn't build Mount Everest and
weren't even able to influence its design.
Target chose to design their site the way they did, and a professional
designer would have known that they were excluding some people from
using the website. In the face of such wilful or ignorant behaviour I
believe it is necessary to legislate. Sure it's inconvenient to have
to worry about people with disabilities and incur additional costs to
support them, but it's a mark of a civilised country that we do. At
least where I live.
Steve
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Chris Wilson
*Sent:* 03 October 2007 22:51
*To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
*Subject:* Re: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard
"Or do you think that your right to 'do what the hell you like'
outweighs other people's right to be treated equally?"
Be treated equally? They have to CHOOSE to visit the site. So, because
they want (want need)to do something, others should accommodate?
I want to visit the summit of mount everest... I suppose the people of
tibet should install an escalator just so I can reach the top due to
my less-then-perfect phisical status. Damn them for not allowing me to
the summit, I'm going to sue.
Idiocy.
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