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Blind people sue Target because they can't access Target's website.
Green Giant:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on October 03, 2007, 10:21:26 am ---Sure, it sucks to be blind, but WTF?
Driving isn't blind person friendly... You don't see Ford getting sued.
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Shhh... If they can listen to this page some how they will get ideas and take GM out for good.
I never new it was a state law for a company to provide access for another companies software. If the software translating for the blind is not state run and nonprofit, then noone should have to support it unless you are in communist china.
Soon the thumbless will sue Apple for their DRM crap since they can't work a clickwheel.
psik0tik:
If your blind how are you ever going to use the internet. Unless it speaks to you everything thats on the page.
Ken Layton:
Another case of a frivolous lawsuit clogging the courts. ::)
shardian:
I am thinking flooding the BBB with their complaints would have been a better course of action.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on October 03, 2007, 09:32:34 am ---Story Here
This gets a big WTF? ??? How is Target supposed to do that? And why are they targeting (lol) Target? Are there websites out there that blind people can access somehow?
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We do actually built our websites with blind people in mind, but basically all we do is not to use frames (which suck anyway) and to put alt tags on pictures so they can read what it shows. Of course we also make sure that the site can be used without a mouse and that it works without flash and javascript. It's really mostly things you normally do for seeing people anyway.
Target does use frames, but they do seem to have alt tags on everything. I tried it in a text web browser and it seems to work reasonably well.
So yeah, it could be easier to use (especially with their hugely complicated front page), but it's certainly not like they make it impossible for the blind to use the site. I might be overlooking something, but suing over this does seem a bit over the top.
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