- From: David E. Ross <david@rossde.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:50:01 -0800
- To: www-style@w3.org
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. 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. 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. 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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