[gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com web Site Using IE 8 With XP

[Gerald Levy]

I have Javascript and cookies both enabled and my security level set to the 
default level.  I get the browser not supported message instantly as soon as 
I click on the Target;.com link, so it would appear that Target is blocking 
access as soon as it recognizes the XP/IE 8 combination.  This is the only 
shopping site on which I have encountered this issue; I can access WalMart, 
Best Buy and Amazon just fine, to name a few.

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: Monday, November 12, 2012 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com web Site Using IE 8 With 
XP


> Gerald:
>
> A couple more thoughts.  First, while IE isn't as dominant as it once was, 
> it still has 40 or 50 percent of market I think, and IE 8 has to be a 
> sizable percentage of that.  So it is hard to believe Target would give up 
> that much potential customers.
>
> Secondly, maybe something is set in your browser that gets it identified 
> incorrectly, javascript or cookies turned off, or security level set very 
> high.
>
> Just a couple thoughts.
>
> Dave
>
> At 04:49 PM 11/12/2012, you wrote:
>>Well, I suspect this is either some sort of error, or something more 
>>complicated then your message implies.  I just accessed Target.com with 
>>Internet Explorer 8.  Granted, I have JAWS 13 and Windows 7.  I don't know 
>>if those things make a difference -- but JAWS 9 is pretty old, and XP is 
>>getting a little long in the tooth.
>>
>>Have you tried contacting Target.  As I said this may be more complicated 
>>then straight IE8 and you seem pretty quick to blame the NFB here.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 04:31 PM 11/12/2012, you wrote:
>>
>>>I want to get a head start on my holiday shopping.  But using Internet 
>>>Explorer 8 with XP Pro and JAWS 9, I get the following message when I try 
>>>to access the Target.com home page at www.target.com:
>>>
>>>Problems viewing Target.com ?
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>According to Microsoft, IE 8 is the latest version of IE that is 
>>>supported by XP; it does not support IE 9, which is only supported by 
>>>Windows 7 and 8.  Contrary to popular belief, XP is alive and well and 
>>>still used by millions of people worldwide, blind and sighted alike.  A 
>>>few years ago, the NFB successfully sued Target to force them to make its 
>>>web site more blind friendly.  But now, apparently, thousands of blind 
>>>computer users who still rely on XP and IE 8 may not be able to access 
>>>the Target.com site any longer unless they upgrade to IE 9 with Windows 7 
>>>or 8, or install Firefox, which has a lot of compatibility problems with 
>>>JAWS, or Google Chrome, which is still totally inaccessible with JAWS. 
>>>Is the NFB aware of this situation?  It seems to me that they have a 
>>>responsibility to ensure that the Target site remains accessible to all 
>>>blind computer users, regardless of which browser they are using, because 
>>>they were the ones who made such a big stink over this issue in the first 
>>>place.
>>>
>>>         Gerald
>
>
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