Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:35:26 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <15330.1646.946959.174967@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011101190545.03ed6330@localhost> References: <20011101164226.B47017@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <4.3.2.7.2.20011101190545.03ed6330@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types:
> At 06:14 PM 11/1/2001, Jamie Jones wrote:
> >Anyway, as you no doubt know, Microsoft recently blocked many browsers
> >from its MSN portal.. There was a big fuss made, and Microsoft backed
> >down,
> No, it actually did NOT back down. With some alternative browsers, such
> as Opera, you can access some of the pages but not others. And with
> a text-based browser, you still can't get in at all. This is a violation
> of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
That isn't clear for two reasons.
#1) It has as yet to be established that the ADA applies to commercial
web sites. It *does* apply to all web sites run with public funds.
As I noted elsewhere, the argument hinges on whether or not a web site
is a "public place of business" as defined by the act.
#2) MSIE has a whole slew of accessibility options. If those are
sufficient to allow all disabled people to access the web site,
then they satisfy the act.
<mike
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