[nfbcs] Suing a seemingly accessible web site

[Christopher Chaltain]

I agree with you if you're talking about this particular web site, but 
IMHO, there are plenty of cases where there is no work around and we 
should resort to protests and legal action. Obviously, this shouldn't be 
the first course of action, but if the company is unwilling to listen to 
legitimate issues around accessibility then the law that's on the books 
should be enforced.


On 2/16/19 10:29 AM, Kevin via nfbcs wrote:
> Yes indeed, but I think it is high time we do away with this march on 
> Washington, off with there heads, yell in the streets garbage. 
> Everything has a work around and I doubt the issues are so bad as to 
> render the site unusable.
>
>
> On 2/16/2019 11:25 AM, Buddy Brannan via nfbcs wrote:
>> While it’s possible, even probable, that this is one of those scum 
>> sucking bottom feeding ambulance chasing types that’s out for a quick 
>> buck on the backs of real accessibility issues, you know the 
>> kind…drive by business and sue for ADA violations without actually 
>> patronizing the company in question…it’s also possible that it isn’t. 
>> There are, after all, other accessibility concerns besides blindness 
>> ones. How does the site stack up to WCAG standards? Is there enough 
>> contrast? Does screen enlargement properly scale? Is the site fully 
>> navigable by keyboard? If it has any carousels, can they be paused or 
>> stopped? What about access to modal dialogs? Are videos properly 
>> captioned? There really are a s**t ton of accessibility concerns not 
>> at all related to screen reader usage. So, yes. The people suing this 
>> company may well be the wrong sort of people, with no real beef. But 
>> before making that accusation, it’s probably a good idea to see what 
>> the actual complaint is. No, I don’t advocate suing right off the bat 
>> either.
>>
>>> On Feb 16, 2019, at 11:16 AM, Kevin via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree with you.  It makes me so sick I could throw up!  This is 
>>> the world we live in I'm sad to say.  No doubt any judge would laugh 
>>> this out of court.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/15/2019 10:03 PM, Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs wrote:
>>>> I was contacted by a lawyer today because one of his clients is 
>>>> being sued under the ADA because their web site is not accessible. 
>>>> I went to the web site and I couldn't find a single issue with the 
>>>> site. In fact, it may be the most accessible and easiest to use 
>>>> shopping site I've ever visited. The web site is 
>>>> https://www.evolutionsalt.com/
>>>>
>>>> If anyone goes to the web site and finds any issues with it, please 
>>>> let me know.
>>>>
>>>> I'm obviously very much in favor of making web sites accessible, 
>>>> and I'm not opposed to using the ADA and a law suit as a last 
>>>> resort to force a company in complying with the law. I'm also very 
>>>> much against frivolous lawsuits against sites that are accessible 
>>>> just to get some kind of a settlement for a nuisance lawsuit. I 
>>>> think this makes blind people look bad and petty, and it makes it 
>>>> harder for us to address issues with sites that are legitimately 
>>>> inaccessible.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, this lawyer just reached out to me since he knew I was blind 
>>>> and used the web.
>>>>
>>>>
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