Industry news

08 October 2007

Movement on the Target Lawsuit in the US:

Court Rules Against Target in Web Site Accessibility Lawsuits

A judge rules that the retailer needs to stand trial for having a Web site that is insufficiently accessible.
http://www.eweek.com/

and another:

Target.com Faces Class Action Suit Over Accessibility

A federal district court judge in California yesterday certified an NFB lawsuit against Target as class-action. The suit charges Target with violating federal and California statutes by failing and refusing to make its Target.com accessible to the blind.
http://www.internetnews.com/

Farewell to former equality commissions

The Disability Rights Commission has now been superseded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which has launched a new website. It’s still a bit buggy though, and I’d be interested in what others think of the choice of colours in the alternative stylesheets – can’t see anything for dyslexics there myself..
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/

The long wait for WCAG 2.0, OUT-LAW Radio, 04/10/2007

We hear that new web accessibility guidelines are on the way. But is it too late for them? There’s a podcast available for download on this page.
http://www.out-law.com/

10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of

Funny how some of them could also be considered accessibility problems as well.. Interestingly drop-down menus are mentioned.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

AccessWorld News (March edition)

Better late than never! Amongst other interesting snippets, this issue provides a link to the text-only version of Google maps.
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw080209

Spam weapon helps preserve books

Use CAPTCHA for good, not evil. A novel way to use the information gleaned by CAPTCHA codes – come up with by the CMU research team in Pittsburgh. Still doesn’t make them accessible though.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7023627.stm

Scrap text resize widgets and teach people how to resize text

Almost echoing Joe Clark’s talk at @media, this blog talks about scrapping text resizing widgets. What is really interesting is the discussion that comes in at the comments section at the bottom. A lot of people agree with the author, but a fair number disagree, and their reasons are worth having a look at.
http://www.456bereastreet.com/

All-in-one gizmo for blind people

A multi-purpose gadget for blind people that will enable them to listen to music and identify household items is under development.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7026753.stm

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