[gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com web Site Using IE 8 With XP
Gerald Levy
bwaylimited at verizon.net
Tue Nov 13 12:21:39 UTC 2012
Wait a day? I was referred to a discussion of this issue on a
Microsoft-sponsored forum by someone on another list, and the inability of
some IE 8 users to access the Target.com site was reported back in January,
so it is a long-standing problem. Unfortunately, the solution provided,
which involves tweaking the registry, offerd no guarantee of success. For
the record, I am able to access the Target site using Firefox 3.6, which is
certainly "outdated" by Firefox standards. And I discovered that I can
access the mobile version of the Target site at http://m.target.com/mHome
without difficulty using IE 8. But if the inability to access the main
Target site by some IE 8 users is a problem at their end, then in the wake
of the NFB lawsuit , they have a responsibility to ensure that their primary
site continues to remain accessible to all consumers, regardless of their
browser preference and OS configuration.
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: Monday, November 12, 2012 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com web Site Using IE 8 With
XP
> This happened before within the past year or so and it turned out to be an
> error on their site. I'd give it a day or two to see if it stays that
> way. However,
> Google Groups are saying that they won't support IE 8 long, either. Of
> course they tell you to switch to Google Chrome, but it is possible that
> FireFox might
> also work.
>
> I think if the Target web site were to stop supporting IE 8 that it would
> be a mistake as there are a lot of customers out there who likely still
> use it. For
> example, my employer requires that we do not upgrade to a later version.
> However, it might be difficult to make a case that this is an
> accessibility issue
> even if their position is not smart. However, as I say, wait a day.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:31:44 -0500, Gerald Levy wrote:
>
>
>>I want to get a head start on my holiday shopping. But using Internet
>>Explorer 8 with XP Pro and JAWS 9, I get the following message when I try
>>to
> access the Target.com home page at www.target.com:
>
>>Problems viewing Target.com ?
>
>>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
>
>>According to Microsoft, IE 8 is the latest version of IE that is supported
>>by XP; it does not support IE 9, which is only supported by Windows 7 and
>>8.
> Contrary to popular belief, XP is alive and well and still used by
> millions of people worldwide, blind and sighted alike. A few years ago,
> the NFB
> successfully sued Target to force them to make its web site more blind
> friendly. But now, apparently, thousands of blind computer users who
> still rely on
> XP and IE 8 may not be able to access the Target.com site any longer
> unless they upgrade to IE 9 with Windows 7 or 8, or install Firefox, which
> has a lot
> of compatibility problems with JAWS, or Google Chrome, which is still
> totally inaccessible with JAWS. Is the NFB aware of this situation? It
> seems to me
> that they have a responsibility to ensure that the Target site remains
> accessible to all blind computer users, regardless of which browser they
> are using,
> because they were the ones who made such a big stink over this issue in
> the first place.
>
>> Gerald
>
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