From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Nov 1 15:50:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-31-203-60.mmcable.com [65.31.203.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48E4A37B40B for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:50:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 35705 invoked by uid 100); 1 Nov 2001 23:50:44 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15329.57300.97759.672170@guru.mired.org> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:50:44 -0600 To: Paul Robinson Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks In-Reply-To: <20011101095903.B43740@jake.akitanet.co.uk> References: <15328.13403.591620.246277@hyde.lpds.sublink.org> <20011031210224.A710-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> <20011101095903.B43740@jake.akitanet.co.uk> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Paul Robinson types: [Major Snip] > Bank: And when these user's browsers get IE-compatible, we can let them back > in? > > Paul: Yes. > > Bank: Do all of this, otherwise we don't pay you... > > Paul: OK. And later... Bank: Why are we being sued by The National Federation for the Blind? Me: Because in forcing users to get IE-compatible browsers, we made our web site inaccessible to everyone who was blind. AOL has already settled with the NFB out of court, and now has a blind-accessible site. The US has ruled that the ADA applies to any site is in any way federally funded. The question of whether or not it applies to a commercial site like a bank is still open, and hinges on whether or not a commercial web site is a "public place of business" as defined by the ADA. And yes, none of this is relevant if you aren't in the US. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message