[gui-talk] Fwd: Amazon press release Concerning AccessibilityofWeb Site

[Ray Foret Jr]

At first, this was my own thinking too; but, just within the past few 
months, pages at Amazon have been opening more and more slowly.  It's 
becoming much more difficult just to arrow up and down through the pages. 
Frankly, I call  that going backwards.

I too am a frequent Amazon shopper; so, it will indeed be very interesting 
to see just what happens over time.  Particularly, it will be interesting to 
see if they ask us for yet another extension.  If so, I suspect Dr. Maurer 
is quite prepared to play hard ball;and I do mean good and hard!!!

Sincerely yours,
The Constantly Barefooted,
Ray
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "don bishop" <w6smb at donbishop.org>
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Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Amazon press release Concerning 
AccessibilityofWeb Site


Please excuse my ignorance on this one, but I've been successfully
shopping on amazon.com for years.  Just exactly what's supposed to
be not accessible?   I use the standard www.amazon.com for all my
purchases.

I do use the search function of my screen reader to bypass a lot I
don't wish to see, but that's no big deal.

Not meaning to be argumentative, just would really like to know.

Don

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Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: Amazon press release Concerning
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>
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>>----------
>>Amazon.com Accessibility to be Completed June 30, 2008
>>
>>The National Federation of the Blind and online retailer Amazon,
>>Inc., have announced that work to make Amazon.com fully accessible
>>to blind computer users is to be completed by June 30, 2008.  In
>>March of 2007, Amazon entered into a technology development
>>agreement with the National Federation of the Blind pursuant to
>>which Amazon was to attempt to make Amazon.com fully accessible by
>>December 31, 2007.  Because of the complexity of the task, it was
>>recognized that this was an ambitious goal and that problems might
>>be encountered; accordingly, the agreement provided that Amazon
>>could have a six-month extension, if necessary, to complete work
>>on
>>making its Web site fully accessible to blind computer
>>users.  Amazon's Web site has improved; nonetheless, Amazon
>>recognizes that it is not yet fully accessible.  Amazon has
>>indicated that it will complete the task within the extended
>>period.
>>
>>Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
>>said: "Full and equal access to the Internet is critical in order
>>for the blind to participate fully in today's society.  While
>>Amazon.com is not yet fully accessible, we are pleased with the
>>progress that has been made and we believe that the company
>>remains
>>committed to making the site fully accessible.  We will continue
>>to
>>work with Amazon.com to ensure that the blind can shop for books,
>>music, movies, and the myriad other products available at this
>>leading online retailer with the same ease and convenience as all
>>other shoppers."
>>
>>
>># # #
>>
>>
>
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