[gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com

[David Andrews]

Not to be argumentative, but I just went to Target.com with IE8 and 
had no problems.  It is difficult for me to believe that a major 
retailer would turn away so many potential customers.

I suspect something else is happening, maybe your security settings 
are more restrictive than it likes, so it can't keep track of your 
actions.  It is a big jump to say they are in violation of their 
accessibility agreement!

Dave


At 06:48 AM 12/23/2011, you wrote:

>As I said , I am using IE 8, latest build, so there is no way that 
>my browser could have been misidentified as IE 6.  This is obviously 
>a deliberate effort by Target to restrict access to its site to 
>consumers who use IE 9 with Vista or Windows 7.  And although this 
>would affect blind and sighted consumers alike, it nevertheless 
>restricts access to its site to a large number, perhaps the 
>majority, of blind consumers, which, in my view, would violate the 
>terms of their accessibility settlement.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing 
>List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com
>
>
>>I would guess that this is some sort of error on Target's part, and 
>>further it has nothing to do with the NFB or why we sued 
>>Target.  Some sites are phasing out Internet Explorer 6 support, 
>>perhaps your browser got mis-identified by the site?
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 05:48 PM 12/22/2011, you wrote:
>>
>>>A few years ago, the NFB successfully sued Target to force them to 
>>>make its web site more accessible to blind consumers.  So imagine 
>>>my surprise when I attempted to visit Target.com today and got the 
>>>following error message:
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>What the heck is going on here?  What do they mean that my browser 
>>>is not supported?  I'm running XP Pro with IE 8, so since when is 
>>>this browser not supported?  IE 8 is the latest version of 
>>>Internet Explorer that can run under XP, which, the last time I 
>>>checked will continue to be supported by Microsoft through at 
>>>least 2014.  And don't even get me started with Firefox.  What is 
>>>the meaning of this?  Will the NFB have to go after Target yet 
>>>again?  Or is there some other explanation for this message? Any 
>>>feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Gerald