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Why a landmark court case could force you to redo your whole Web site

Is your Web site accessible to people with disabilities PWDs? Particularly to those with impaired vision? Do you even know what the definition of such accessibility is? Probably not. But you may have to thanks to a landmark case now getting underway between the National Federation of...

Tags: Web site development, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Web technology, Web, NFB, accessibility, Web site, people with disability, lawsuit

Blog posts 2006-05-11

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Accessibility laws and rich Internet applications

TechCrunch and The Register are both reporting on the court case which pit Target against the National Federation of the Blind NFB and Bruce Sexton, a blind man who sued the company saying that the website was not in line with national and state laws which mandate accessibility for the...

Tags: Web, Law, Rich Internet Application, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-10-14

First look at Wallop

First look at WallopIt's also illegalWell within the ADA's definition of "public accomodation," but I can't find a single switch to enable it to be used by the blind.Until that's fixed, they're toast.Wallop!Like you Ryan, I'm just getting started - but I like it! You make a great point about...

Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Web browsers, Blogging, Wallop

Discussion threads 2006-09-27

Court refuses to lift California e-voting restrictions

Court refuses to lift California e-voting restrictionsComputers + Voting = Ralph Nader DominationThink about it. A couple motivated computer scientists hack this flawed system and just for fun, get Ralf Nader elected. I'm from Minnesota and I've seen first hand what can come out of a Joke candidate....

Tags: e-voting

Discussion threads 2004-07-07