- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:00:46 -0500 (EST)
- To: <kynn-eda@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>, Martin Sloan <martin.sloan@orange.net>, "'Kynn Bartlett'" <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>, "'Harry Woodrow'" <harrry@email.com>, "'Denise Wood'" <Denise_Wood@operamail.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Aah, can you sue, yes. Do you have a chance of success? Well, I am going to duck on that one. It requires too many case details. Chaals On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 kynn-eda@idyllmtn.com wrote: Charles wrote: > The matter of choice is of course important. If I choose to use something > broken, I can't expect people to make it work for me. But if my employer > tells me to use it, I can expect them to be responsible for making sure it > works, or replacing it... A question would be whether or not an employer can be held in violation of workplace accomodation laws by not providing a UAAG-compliant web browser employees to use. Or at least one which comes closer than others. In other words, can you sue your boss for giving you Netscape 4? Or -should- you be able to? --Kynn -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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