Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 21:00:36 -0600 From: Chris <cjackson@class.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <20011101210036.A82610@class.com> In-Reply-To: <15330.1646.946959.174967@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 08:35:26PM -0600 References: <20011101164226.B47017@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <4.3.2.7.2.20011101190545.03ed6330@localhost> <15330.1646.946959.174967@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 08:35:26PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > 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 > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. I think that this will be addressed in the near future, and will require commercial sites to comply with ADA. Consider that restaurants are required to be in compliance, and they aren't the recipient of any government disbursed funds... Either ADA will be modified to mollify its opponents, or websites will start being targeted for non-compliance more frequently. -- Chris Jackson Network Administrator class.com "A man, a plan, a canal, panama." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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