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From: Mark Guisinger
Date: Fri, Apr 08 2011 12:45PM
Subject: Target Lawsuit
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All,
I hope this is an appropriate question for this group. I'm looking for some
numbers to justify creating an accessibility group for my company. So my
questions is does anyone know how long it took for Target to get the work
completed to satisfy their accessibility lawsuit? If you like you can respond
to me off list.
Thanks in advance,
MarkG
From: Jared Smith
Date: Fri, Apr 08 2011 1:06PM
Subject: Re: Target Lawsuit
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I wasn't at all involved in these efforts, but the settlement occurred
in August of 2008. The settlement
(http://www.nfbtargetlawsuit.com/final-settlement-and-commerce-clause)
had a target date of 2/28/2009 for full accessibility for blind users.
I don't think the full accessibility enhancements were launched until
later in 2009. The NFB certified the target.com web site in February
2010 (http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&;ID=551).
Of note is that according to the agreement, monitoring should continue
through this year. Hopefully they'll catch and address the many new
accessibility issues that have cropped up on the site in the last year
or so (for example, none of the 3 "skip" links work, headings have
largely disappeared, keyboard accessibility is poor, etc.).
Jared Smith
WebAIM.org
From: Donald Evans
Date: Fri, Apr 08 2011 1:15PM
Subject: Re: Target Lawsuit
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This is taken from a slide that Jim Thatcher presented at CSUN this year.
It may answer some of the questions.
Errors on 6 Target.com pages
Date
Alt-text
Forms
Errors/page
6/5/2005
1287
17
217
2/6/2006
NFB files suit against Target
2/7/2006
1678
18
283
11/18/2006
73
0
12
2/10/2007
29
0
5
4/8/2008
34
0
6
8/27/2008
NFB/Target settlement
1/15/2010
17
4
4
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Jared Smith < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> I wasn't at all involved in these efforts, but the settlement occurred
> in August of 2008. The settlement
> (http://www.nfbtargetlawsuit.com/final-settlement-and-commerce-clause)
> had a target date of 2/28/2009 for full accessibility for blind users.
> I don't think the full accessibility enhancements were launched until
> later in 2009. The NFB certified the target.com web site in February
> 2010 (http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&;ID=551).
>
> Of note is that according to the agreement, monitoring should continue
> through this year. Hopefully they'll catch and address the many new
> accessibility issues that have cropped up on the site in the last year
> or so (for example, none of the 3 "skip" links work, headings have
> largely disappeared, keyboard accessibility is poor, etc.).
>
> Jared Smith
> WebAIM.org
>
From: Andrews, David B B (DEED)
Date: Fri, Apr 08 2011 1:54PM
Subject: Re: Target Lawsuit
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I have forwarded your message to the appropriate people at NFB, where I used to work.
Dave
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From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Jared Smith
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:04 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Target Lawsuit
I wasn't at all involved in these efforts, but the settlement occurred in August of 2008. The settlement
(http://www.nfbtargetlawsuit.com/final-settlement-and-commerce-clause)
had a target date of 2/28/2009 for full accessibility for blind users.
I don't think the full accessibility enhancements were launched until later in 2009. The NFB certified the target.com web site in February
2010 (http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&;ID=551).
Of note is that according to the agreement, monitoring should continue through this year. Hopefully they'll catch and address the many new accessibility issues that have cropped up on the site in the last year or so (for example, none of the 3 "skip" links work, headings have largely disappeared, keyboard accessibility is poor, etc.).
Jared Smith
WebAIM.org
From: Donald Evans
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 9:36AM
Subject: Re: Target Lawsuit
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It is true that the three skip links don’t work and that should be addressed
– But on a broader picture Target is doing very well – in fact the best. We
(Don Evans, Jim Thatcher, Preety Kumar) analyzed the top 50 e-retailers and
presented the results at CSUN last month. Based on a scoring system and on
testable errors Target did better than any other e-retailer. Target scored
the best.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Mark Guisinger < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> All,
> I hope this is an appropriate question for this group. I'm looking for
> some
> numbers to justify creating an accessibility group for my company. So my
> questions is does anyone know how long it took for Target to get the work
> completed to satisfy their accessibility lawsuit? If you like you can
> respond
> to me off list.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> MarkG
>
From: Angela French
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 9:42AM
Subject: Re: Target Lawsuit
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Is your presentation available for reading anywhere?
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Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:32 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Cc: Jim Thatcher
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Target Lawsuit
It is true that the three skip links don't work and that should be addressed - But on a broader picture Target is doing very well - in fact the best. We (Don Evans, Jim Thatcher, Preety Kumar) analyzed the top 50 e-retailers and presented the results at CSUN last month. Based on a scoring system and on testable errors Target did better than any other e-retailer. Target scored the best.
From: Pooja.Nahata@cognizant.com
Date: Mon, Apr 11 2011 10:03AM
Subject: Re: Target Lawsuit
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That's interesting. Is this presentation available for reading purpose?