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- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:28:53 -0800
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On Nov 24, 2007, at 7:50 AM, David E. Ross wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:51:51 -0800Brad Kemper <brkemper@comcast.net> > wrote in part [referring to browsers]: >> I have to prioritize and concentrate my efforts where I see the >> most need, and one of the big 3 or 4 that account for 99% of the >> traffic comes out with a new version then I know that more and >> more of the thousands of page views on my company's sites will be >> using the newer version. > > This may easily exclude specialized browsers that are adaptive for > the handicapped. Target Corp is being sued in U.S. District Court > for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because its > on-line shopping Web site cannot be used by audio browsers that are > used by the blind. They should be suing the makers of the audio browsers that can't handle HTML that's been standard for years. The only reason a DIV with scrolling overflow is considered accessible but a similarly sized frame or iframe isn't is because the software for reading Web pages to the blind sucks so terribly. But I guess Target has deeper pockets. > The first step in that lawsuit is an appeal by Target to determine > whether the ADA applies to commercial activities on the Web. If the > ADA does apply, then any business that creates a Web site that > excludes (or merely ignores) specialized browsers is at risk. This > risk will exist even if the specifics of the lawsuit means that > Target eventually wins. Astounding. Ironically, in order not to ignore them, we will probably have to detect their specialized browsers on the server and give them special pages. > The message here is that browser-specific and platform-specific > commercial Web sites -- concentrating on only the 3 or 4 most widely > used browsers -- may indeed be illegal. If so, then a lot of businesses will be leaving the Web or severely curtailing what they do on the Web. Resources are not unlimited. > > > David E. Ross > <http://www.rossde.com/>. > > Don't ask "Why is there road rage?" Instead, ask > "Why NOT Road Rage?" or "Why Is There No Such > Thing as Fast Enough?" > <http://www.rossde.com/roadrage.html> >
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