RE: information access at chicago transit authority

blind people don't have to use lynx. so this is discrimination against a
browser, not anyone in particular.  as far as I know, browsers have no
rights or am I missing something here? On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Jamie Fox
wrote:

_Why would you want to send credit card info over an unsecured connection.
_-Jamie Fox
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_-----Original Message-----
_Subject:	information access at chicago transit authority 
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_----- Forwarded Message Follows -----
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_From: Kelly Pierce <kelly@ripco.com>
_Subject: webwatch-l information access at chicago transit authority
_To: webwatch-l@smtp.teleport.com
_
_[clip]Part of the complaint also
_deals with access to the Authority's World Wide Web site,
_specifically the agency's practice of allowing only secure web
_browsers to buy monthly passes.  This is a tantamount exclusion
_of blind persons as it precludes use of the Lynx web browser used
_by many blind persons.
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