[thelist] Target loses Web Accessibility Case

Will willthemoor at gmail.com
Thu Aug 28 01:06:06 CDT 2008


I'm glad they got a settlement but I wish they'd had their day in court.
Precedent is what we need right now.

Will



On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Martin Burns <martin at easyweb.co.uk> wrote:

> Very much worth noting:
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D92QMVKO0.htm
>
> Target settles a class action under Title III of ADA with the National
> Federation of the Blind for having an inaccessible site; in particular
> for having links that screenreaders couldn't understand.
>
> Now this isn't the same as winning in court (no firm precedent etc),
> but it's good news for those of us who have been impressing
> accessibility on clients (in my case, for nearly 10 years....).
>
> Cheers
> Martin
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