Well, you're right about that. Newegg is definately the industry standard for low prices and wide selection. I just ordered from them Monday night. Or I should say my wife placed an order for me. I think we can all agree that newegg is awesome in terms of price and selection but I would not give them high marks for accessibility. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Lee" <applegoddess@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:44 AM Subject: Re: ot: the best online computer parts store? > It may not meet standards, nor might it be usable in links or what > have you, but if you're willing to go through some of the cruft, > newegg is not an online retailer to be ignored. Not I'm not saying > it's perfectly accessible, just that you shouldn't just throw it out > if you can deal with it. > > Cody: Compared to newegg, outletpc is practically a joke in terms of > selection from what I've looked at so far. Some..wait, make that > most, manufacturers, e.g. for motherboards, are completely missing. I > think newegg has more socket am2 motherboards than all of outletpc's > mobo selection combined. Also not available are nice discounts for > combos. Even on the hardware outletpc has that newegg also has the > prices aren't that comparable. > > Newegg also has the fantastic option that not many have to seriously > narrow down exactly what you want - e.g. go from Motherboard to AMD > compatible to socket AM2 to sort by manufacturer/price..free shipping > or not, bestsellers, and so on. > > If you're willing to spend the time and use the software that'll make > your newegg experience least painful, it's worth it. And if you like > it enough, you should complain to them about it: > http://www.newegg.com/Info/ContactUs.aspx > > for what it's worth, I don't work for newegg. I also like some other > retailers like zipzoomfly and (used to like) tiger direct. However, I > don't get the newegg bashing, cause other than the slight > inaccessibility (please don't flame me for this, it's completely > subjective) it's a fantastic place. In fact even if it were more > expensive than some of its competitors I'd still go here, because > their products get shipped to me fast because i live near one of their > warehouses, and also because their customer support, like I have said, > is amazing. > > cheers, > jane > > On 9/11/07, John Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote: >> Your idea of "perfectly accessible" is having to use IE? >> >> newegg.com doesn't meet 408 standards or the WAI level 1 guidelines. It's >> a >> pain to use because there are a bzillion links to get past before you >> get >> to the content. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
