First of all, I don't like your implication that the blind such as my self do not have the same rights as you. As for the lawsuit I know the parties involved personally, this was the last step in an ongoing problem and the lack of communication on the part of target.com. As a blind web user I'm not asking for you to totally change every aspect of your site and never use flash. All that we (the National Federation of the blind) are asking is for sites such as target to make the primary function of the site accessible.
I have been following this thread and I want to thank the people who understand that accessibility is something that if done right the first time is not that hard to implement. For the people who write derogatory posts such as this, before you send it off to the world to read maybe you should think about what you're saying. Yes the blind use the internet to do everything from online shopping to using the metro bus trip planner. If you design websites for a living feel free to ask questions, the NFB would be more than happy to give you feedback on what works and what does not, before suit is ever filed.
As a blind user i find that most pages are quite usable by myself and a screenreader. My personal recommendation would be to download and install a copy of jaws for windows screenreader from http://www.hj.com/ you can run jaws in 40 minute mode review the page with jaws see how it sounds then make changes accordingly. However this is not always the best way to check a page because the user of the screenreader will have the best grasp of how to work with the screenreader and the document. then again i'm always looking for work so... i would be up for checking sites for a little beer $$ --Mike
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First of all, I don't like your implication that the blind such as my self do not have the same rights as you. As for the lawsuit I know the parties involved personally, this was the last step in an ongoing problem and the lack of communication on the part of target.com. As a blind web user I'm not asking for you to totally change every aspect of your site and never use flash. All that we (the National Federation of the blind) are asking is for sites such as target to make the primary function of the site accessible.
I have been following this thread and I want to thank the people who understand that accessibility is something that if done right the first time is not that hard to implement. For the people who write derogatory posts such as this, before you send it off to the world to read maybe you should think about what you're saying. Yes the blind use the internet to do everything from online shopping to using the metro bus trip planner. If you design websites for a living feel free to ask questions, the NFB would be more than happy to give you feedback on what works and what does not, before suit is ever filed.
As a blind user i find that most pages are quite usable by myself and a screenreader. My personal recommendation would be to download and install a copy of jaws for windows screenreader from http://www.hj.com/
you can run jaws in 40 minute mode review the page with jaws see how it sounds then make changes accordingly. However this is not always the best way to check a page because the user of the screenreader will have the best grasp of how to work with the screenreader and the document.
then again i'm always looking for work so... i would be up for checking sites for a little beer $$
--Mike