[gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Sat Dec 24 04:40:46 UTC 2011
Not to be argumentative, but I just went to Target.com with IE8 and
had no problems. It is difficult for me to believe that a major
retailer would turn away so many potential customers.
I suspect something else is happening, maybe your security settings
are more restrictive than it likes, so it can't keep track of your
actions. It is a big jump to say they are in violation of their
accessibility agreement!
Dave
At 06:48 AM 12/23/2011, you wrote:
>As I said , I am using IE 8, latest build, so there is no way that
>my browser could have been misidentified as IE 6. This is obviously
>a deliberate effort by Target to restrict access to its site to
>consumers who use IE 9 with Vista or Windows 7. And although this
>would affect blind and sighted consumers alike, it nevertheless
>restricts access to its site to a large number, perhaps the
>majority, of blind consumers, which, in my view, would violate the
>terms of their accessibility settlement.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing
>List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com
>
>
>>I would guess that this is some sort of error on Target's part, and
>>further it has nothing to do with the NFB or why we sued
>>Target. Some sites are phasing out Internet Explorer 6 support,
>>perhaps your browser got mis-identified by the site?
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 05:48 PM 12/22/2011, you 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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