Comments on: What the Target settlement should mean to you

By: Target gives WCAG 2.0 a helping hand » iheni :: making the web worldwide

Target gives WCAG 2.0 a helping hand » iheni :: making the web worldwide — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:04:27 +0000

[...] Target which reached a conclusion in August. Despite the ruling being a win for accessibility many criticised it as disappointing and not far reaching enough. This may be the case for some accessibility [...]

By: Fairness Doctrine on the Web?

Fairness Doctrine on the Web? — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:03:22 +0000

[...] The Target corporation was sued in 2006 because it lacked accessibility to the blind. So Web Standards are now in place because of this finding. My take on the Target incidentally: if they are dumb [...]

By: Website accessibility lawsuit settled by Target | MS Tech News

Website accessibility lawsuit settled by Target | MS Tech News — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:52:25 +0000

[...] the Web Standards Project: http://www.webstandards.org/2008/08/28/what-the-target-settlement-should-mean-to-you/ [...]

By: James

James — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:43:31 +0000

If web developers abide to accessibility guidelines, then more people with disabilities will be able access the web to a fuller extent. Sometimes, its not just about moving forward…. look around at those who still need help!

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:00:33 +0000

It would be nice if web developers did have to abide by accessibility guidelines by law. Then we could sue all the web sites that use CAPTCHA. FTW!

By: Target Settles Accessibility Suit for $6mm - Matt Heerema : Web Design

Target Settles Accessibility Suit for $6mm - Matt Heerema : Web Design — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:56:36 +0000

[...] Web accessibility advocates everywhere are completely deflated. I know I’m a couple weeks late on this but I had to chime in. I’ve been following this [...]

By: DennisSC

DennisSC — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:30:46 +0000

Just another consequence of the importance of cyberspace. Not allowing access to a major web site really does, I supppose, amount to discrimination now.

By: geetha

geetha — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:16:15 +0000

Web publishers are not required to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court has ruled.

By: Joe Clark

Joe Clark — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:01:43 +0000

Actually, Brice, the standard in court would not be the knowledge of the developer but the degree of disadvantage experienced by the disabled plaintiff. By that reasoning, an architect who (somehow) did not know how to make a building entrance wheelchair-accessible could never be challenged under antidiscrimination law. Ignorance of the law is, as they say, no excuse.

By: Richard Morton - Accessible Web Design

Richard Morton - Accessible Web Design — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:47:11 +0000

This may help raise awareness of web accessibility as being a legal issue in some circumstances but unfortunately I think that having promoted the approach of fixing the problems before being taken to court for some years now, I see very little sign that anyone is taking any notice. I suspect that it will take a number of high profile court cases before there is a shift in attitude.
In the UK where the disability discrimination act is pretty clear on the requirement for accessible web sites (and has been so for the past nine years) there is still only very small dents being made in the problem.