http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/ap_on_bi_ge/business_of_life (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/ap_on_bi_ge/business_of_life)
QuoteThat's why the NFB, an organization that represents blind people, is suing Target Corp., saying that its Web site is inaccessible to blind Internet users.
Are you kidding me?! Why don't they just F'IN sue Mother Nature cause they cant see the sunlight & they're damned program won't read it to them!?
Maybe they should try to climb Mt. McKinley then sue Alaska because they walked off a cliff & there were no friggin brail signs that said "MOTHER F'ING HUGE DROP, BACK YOUR BLIND ASS AWAY!"
What on earth is this world coming to!?
QuoteLast month a federal judge in California allowed the NFB's case to proceed, rejecting Target's argument that its Web site wasn't subject to the Americans With Disabilities Act, a 1990 law that requires retailers and other public places to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Target argued that the law only covered physical spaces.
I hope somebody finds a way to sue the court system if Target loses this case.
? It was ruled a while ago that major commercial websites (maybe not even major) based in the US must comply with the AWDA.
Quote from: rabbit on October 26, 2006, 07:10:40 AM
? It was ruled a while ago that major commercial websites (maybe not even major) based in the US must comply with the AWDA.
I was just thinking, there must be some reason if they're allowed to sue.
And calling them "Blind F'ers" is pretty rude, I have an aunt who was blind (till she died), and it seems like being blind really, really sucks
Quote from: iago on October 26, 2006, 08:26:14 AM
Quote from: rabbit on October 26, 2006, 07:10:40 AM
? It was ruled a while ago that major commercial websites (maybe not even major) based in the US must comply with the AWDA.
I was just thinking, there must be some reason if they're allowed to sue.
And calling them "Blind F'ers" is pretty rude, I have an aunt who was blind (till she died), and it seems like being blind really, really sucks
nah, just this dude that is suing is who I'm talkin about.
?! bah, how could they possibly rule that a website has to comply with that law!? That is ridiculous.
Any idea when some court said that it applies to websites?
Quote from: iago on October 26, 2006, 08:26:14 AM
Quote from: rabbit on October 26, 2006, 07:10:40 AM
? It was ruled a while ago that major commercial websites (maybe not even major) based in the US must comply with the AWDA.
I was just thinking, there must be some reason if they're allowed to sue.
And calling them "Blind F'ers" is pretty rude, I have an aunt who was blind (till she died), and it seems like being blind really, really sucks
My blind friend, Sam, is a proficient Java programmer and has no problems browsing websites, it's only things like Flash that #@#$ the program he uses. :P
Upon review of the target webpage, IT IS TERRIBLE.