Target is one of my favorite places to shop.  There are a couple of things I 
can't do on it, but as far as shopping, it works quite well.

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Well, I haven't been to Target's page, but from what I heard  it isn't
real accesible.  Some that are are Wal-Mart of course and rugstore.com and
I'm sure there are others just to name a few.





On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Don Moore wrote:

>
>
> In today's climate, many so-called advocacy organizations consider 
> financial transactions as an appropriate path to redemption for whatever 
> wrongs they accuse a company with deep pockets of.
>
> There have been reports of some civil rights organizations, after all, 
> have changed from opposing to supporting issues of companies after 
> donations have been made.
>
> There are obviously groups with worse websites, and, from what I 
> understand the democrat convention website isn't real accessible either, 
> especially if you want to listen to the stream.
>
> Maybe this is practice for a fund raiser that could actually help us 
> ultimately with better accessibility.  One can but hope.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dorene Cornwell
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Target and NFB agree to Settlement
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>
>
> Anyone want to weigh in on:
>
> --Paying the NFB rather than some other neutral entity to do the 
> monitoring?
>
> --The specific technical standards proposed compared to other available 
> standards?
>
> --specifying JAWS rather than screen readers in general?
>
>
> In general I think some kind of ongoing monitoring is reasonable since 
> people need to modify their websites over time. I am hoping someone has a 
> reason to read the tech docs sooner than I will.
>
> I also think the settlement is interesting in that it ducks the question 
> around the edges of this suit abotu ADA applicability on the web. I am 
> GLAD the suit is settled rather than creating bad precedent, but if the 
> point is to make an example, can we expect more companies lining up to pay 
> the NFB rather than a neutral body to bless their websites too?
>
> What do others think?
>
> DoreneC
> Seattle WA
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