- From: Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:30:16 -0400
- To: HTML Working Group <public-html@w3.org>
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? -- :: thyme online ltd :: po box cb13650 nassau the bahamas :: website: http://www.thymeonline.com/ :: tel: 242 327-1864 fax: 242 377 1038
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