Regardless of whether or not the readers of/. can access the Comcast site with their favourite browser or not, the bigger problem which is (nearly) always ignored is the website's compatability with assistive technologies such as screen readers and adapted keyboards.
Websites that are not developed to standards are 99% likely to not work with these sorts of adaptive technologies causing major problems to people with disabilities. Unfortunately, without a successful legal test (or morals) case companies like Comcast can continue discriminating against this group of internet users and get away scott-free.
Unfortunately it's not just Comcast who are guilty of this. Most websites on the Internet are inaccessible to anyone not using IE/Firefox on a regular desktop or laptop pc.
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Regardless of whether or not the readers of /. can access the Comcast site with their favourite browser or not, the bigger problem which is (nearly) always ignored is the website's compatability with assistive technologies such as screen readers and adapted keyboards.
Websites that are not developed to standards are 99% likely to not work with these sorts of adaptive technologies causing major problems to people with disabilities. Unfortunately, without a successful legal test (or morals) case companies like Comcast can continue discriminating against this group of internet users and get away scott-free.
Unfortunately it's not just Comcast who are guilty of this. Most websites on the Internet are inaccessible to anyone not using IE/Firefox on a regular desktop or laptop pc.