Dalin wrote:
“I see a lot of out of court settlements coming.”
I actually doubt it. You have to remember that this situation is somewhat uncommon. First, their web site was totally unusable, not just somewhat unusable. I can generally use most web sites, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are accessible. Target’s site, however, was totally unusable.
Second, most companies do not show such blatant disregard for accessibility, and a lawsuit was filed only after requests for changes were ignored. A great example of this is Amazon. The NFB has been working with them for several months to improve their site, and to my knowledge there was no threat of a lawsuit.
Dalin wrote: “I see a lot of out of court settlements coming.”
I actually doubt it. You have to remember that this situation is somewhat uncommon. First, their web site was totally unusable, not just somewhat unusable. I can generally use most web sites, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are accessible. Target’s site, however, was totally unusable.
Second, most companies do not show such blatant disregard for accessibility, and a lawsuit was filed only after requests for changes were ignored. A great example of this is Amazon. The NFB has been working with them for several months to improve their site, and to my knowledge there was no threat of a lawsuit.
posted by Aaron Cannon on Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008