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From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Sep 22, 2010 12:21PM

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 does not require all
OS/browsers are able to access a website effectively, however, the
standards set forth in 36 CFR 1194.21 and 36 CFR 1194.22 if followed
will result, generally, in most modern browser and OS pairs working
well. Simply put, no low requires all OS/browser combinations are
interoperable with all government websites--and in my view that would be
silly. If you try you can always one that won't work, and it isn't the
website fault.

Should Lynx work on every site--maybe it should but it doesn't due to
inherent limitations it has.




-----Original Message-----
From: Ro [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:53 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] Government site accessibility law

Hi accessibility experts,

I am not versed in all the laws that govern the internet, and I need
your help.

All government sites are supposed to be accessible, right? Now, under
that, do all web browsers and operating systems have to be able to use
that site? For example, can a government site only be used with
Internet Explorer, locking out users of Safari?

Any help would be appreciated, as I encountered this today. I have to
have sighted assistence to apply for benefits, and my friend had to
open Internet Explorer, when she uses Firefox primarily.

If this is not following guidelines, I'd sure like to know, because it
totally locked me out of my own business.

Thanks in advance,
Randi

http://raynaadi.blogspot.com/