Re: What now ALT?

On 10/3/07 1:58 PM, "John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program"
<jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote:

> 
> In light of the fact that a judge today ruled that the suit against
> Target.com can become a class action suit, and that one of the key
> complaints is that many of the images do not have alt text, or appropriate
> alt text...
> 
> This writer wonders aloud what the judge would think about sites that
> deliberately did not include alt text, or did not programmatically allow for
> the inclusion of alt text...
....
> 
> "All e-commerce businesses should take note of this decision and
> immediately take steps to open their doors to the blind." - Dr. Marc Maurer,
> president of the National Federation of the Blind.
> http://tinyurl.com/33jszq
> 
> 
> It would seem pretty fool-hardy to create an online application or site that
> did not allow for the insertion of alt text; ....
> JF
> 
> 


Has there ever been a case of an all flash site being sued?
 

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