Comments on: Should Websites Have to Be Accessible to the Blind? Lawsuit Against Target Says Yes

By: Virgona

Virgona — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:54:55 +0000

I also have a website, but it’s a personal project (which, by the way, I was needed to leave it alone for a while) but I cannot understand what requirements (in matter of design) are for effectively make my portal an accessible to the visually impaired people.
I have, as well, a disability but it’s a locomotory one. So, I empathize strongly with the visually impaired comunity.
Can anyone help me in these matters? It’s all about a social - cultural (non-proffit, for now!) project called “Erigone - Galladriela”.

I am from Romania, Bucharest

Thank you!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:59:01 +0000

Doesn’t this just leave the door open for the NFB to seek out all the US soil based online organizations to force them to conform with ADA guidlines? Are the suing for money? That seems kind of selfish. I don’t understand what they are trying to accomplish really…they have the ADA they cannot realistically make the world wide web conform to the United States laws.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:19:30 +0000

This is just nuts. Not everybody gets to do everything. Sure, it’s tragic that they have a disability or have “special needs”, but why must the world compensate for everyone?

Sorry, folks, but the needs of the many does indeed outweigh the needs of the few. Everybody’s got problems - learn how to deal with yours.

And by the way, I myself am handicapped.

By: dennis

dennis — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:07:43 +0000

I see no reason to excuse any web site from ADA requirements. My wife works as a web developer for SSA and makes sure that each site complies with ADA requirements. Both the hearing impaired and blind are able to use her web sites. And from what she tells me, it is not that difficult to comply.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:01:49 +0000

In general, making your website accessible isn’t that diffacult. If accessibility is considered during the design faze, instead of thought of later, it is even easier. I think that website owners should think about accessibility in terms of everyone, not just the traditional “blind” people; I am blind, and work in IT. I cannot even begin to express the frustration I feel with inaccessible websites and software products when it takes developers that design for accessibility in their products very little time to make things to work for those of us that don’t access the computer using the “standard” way.

Why targert wants to fight making their website friendly for blind people to buy things off of it confuses me to no end. Especially given that there are few changes they would have to make- I tested it and for the most part it works…