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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[url=http://slashdot.org]Slashdot[/url] is carrying a story on a lawsuit about a [url=http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/11/06/180211.shtml]website's non-compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act[/url]. Thought I'd share- [quote] "HTML tutorials usually mention alt tags for images and noscript tags as something optional that a Web designer should add to a site for the crawlers and users browsing with graphics or JavaScript turned off. However, a recent lawsuit against Target by the National Federation of the Blind accuses the retailer of [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/technology/06ecom.html?ex=1163480400&en=9ec5fcc54a2cca7c&ei=5058&partner=IWON]not complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act[/url]. Since Target's online store is unbrowsable with a screen reader, the nation's 200,000 blind people who go online cannot become paying customers, the NFB contends. From the article: 'In denying Target's motion to dismiss the suit two months ago, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel... held that the law's accessibility requirements applied to all services offered by a place of public accommodation. Since Target's physical stores are places of public accommodation, the ruling said, its online store must also be accessible or the company must offer equally effective alternatives.' Does the judge's name ring a bell? Yes, it's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Hall_Patel#Landmark_cases]the same Marilyn Hall Patel[/url] who handled the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_%26_M_Records%2C_Inc._v._Napster%2C_Inc.]RIAA's case against Napster[/url] in 2001." Web builders and tools may need to start brushing up on the [url=http://www.w3.org/WAI/]Web Accessibility Initiative[/url]. [/quote] Loading...
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