"Built before the law" (went into effect) is a legitimate excuse. The law does not require retrofitting, just that new procurment and development comply. So, when they make any kind of change, it must be an accessible one. Furthermore, the regulations do permit javascript, but it must be functional for persons with disabilities. On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > interestingly, I was told a while back that much of the usps site is 508 > compliant. I asked, is it accessible and was told that some of it is > and those parts that are not 508 compliant are not doable and those > parts that are not accessible are built that way because they have to be > or because they were built before the law. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak@chartermi.net> > To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 12:17 PM > Subject: Re: Links (with an I), Lynx (with a Y) and inaccessible sites > > > This would have to be done in some very organized way and would have to > have > some teeth or some kind of impact--speaking to the comment about > "inaccessible > is unacceptable." For instance, I challenged schwans for two years re: > the > changes they made that rendered their site inaccessible; they kept > telling me > they were working on it, which I knew couldn't really be the case or > they would > have made some changes to the site. frankly, I don't think they cared > because > people could call and order by phone and even if all blind people > getting > schwans had stopped in protest, it wouldn't make much difference in > their > profit. I now can access and order from schwans with links, but links > certainly > isn't a cure-all for the problem. as was said, the usps site is just the > tip of > the iceberg. the reason it is getting so much attention is because there > is some > willingness to try to make it accessible; a lot of website designers > frankly > don't care that much about accessibility. And many of those who do make > some > effort honestly believe that if they are accessible for jaws they are > accessible. > > Cheryl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org