[gui-talk] Unabel to Access Target.com

[Gerald Levy]

Well, what do you know?  I just accessed this alternative Target site 
without any problem.  So I can access the mobile Target site with IE 8 and 
XP, but not the regular site.  Very strange.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" 
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Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unabel to Access Target.com


> This does not make the problem go away, but you might be able to do what 
> you need to by using
>
> http://m.target.com
>
> which I assume is intended for mobile devices.  It came up slowly for me 
> but seemed to work although I
> didn't do much in that site.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:48:12 -0500, Gerald Levy wrote:
>
>
>>A few years ago, the NFB successfully sued Target to force them to make 
>>its web site more accessible to
> blind consumers.  So imagine my surprise when I attempted to visit 
> Target.com today and got the
> following error message:
>
>>Target Home Page
>
>>Problems viewing Target.com ?
>>It's because your browser isn't supported. Upgrade to one of the latest 
>>versions listed below to get
> the most out of your Target.com experience.
>>list of 3 items
>>Click here to download Internet Explorer
>>Click here to download Mozilla Firefox
>>Click here to download Google Chrome
>>list end
>
>
>>What the heck is going on here?  What do they mean that my browser is not 
>>supported?  I'm running XP
> Pro with IE 8, so since when is this browser not supported?  IE 8 is the 
> latest version of Internet
> Explorer that can run under XP, which, the last time I checked will 
> continue to be supported by
> Microsoft through at least 2014.  And don't even get me started with 
> Firefox.  What is the meaning of
> this?  Will the NFB have to go after Target yet again?  Or is there some 
> other explanation for this
> message?  Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>
>>Gerald
>
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