Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 00:27:06 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <15330.15546.29008.424784@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011101223208.00b3ec20@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011101190545.03ed6330@localhost> <20011101164226.B47017@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <4.3.2.7.2.20011101223208.00b3ec20@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > At 07:35 PM 11/1/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > >#1) It has as yet to be established that the ADA applies to commercial > > web sites. > It applies to all "public accommodations." The ADA actually applies to "physical places of public accomodation". In Hooks vs. OKBridge, the US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that the ADA doesn't apply to a web site because a web site isn't a "physical place". On appeal, the Fifth Circuit ducked the issue by ruling that OKBridge hadn't violated the ADA for reason unrelated to whether or not the ADA applied to the web site. Details at <URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/aprsep00.htm >. If someone knows of a ruling that establishes that the ADA applies to commercial web sites, I'd appreciate a reference. > >#2) MSIE has a whole slew of accessibility options. > Doesn't matter. You can't require a disabled person to have a > particular kind of car, or a wheelchair rather than a walker, > etc. If you require everyone to use IE whether disabled or not, you're clearly not discriminating against the disabled if IE can accomodate them. <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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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