Blind Cal student sues Target for bad website
Bruce Sexton Jr., a third year student who is blind is suing Target for having a website that isn’t usable by the blind.
Target’s site lacks “alt-text,” an invisible code embedded beneath a graphic on the Web site that a screen reader could use to provide a description of the image to a blind person, the suit said.
Of course, so does Walmart and good possibly a number of other shopping sites don’t have much alt text either (to see what alt text there is, just go to the page and then in the menu bar click View> Page Source). I’m not against helping the blind, but this sounds like something that can be done easily and doesn’t require a law suit to do.
Looks like you got scooped on this one: http://www.calpatriot.org/blog/2006/02/08/lawsuits-solve-everything/
Of course it doesn’t require a lawsuit to introduce alt-text (but fear of a lawsuit sure helps to pull it up from the “back burner” project status).
Comment by GB — February 9, 2006 @ 3:34 am
This is stupid. Hello, when you’re blind, things are going to be a little different. If you don’t like the service a store provides, then take your money somewhere else. I hate frivolous lawsuits.
Comment by Sherriff Anonymous — February 9, 2006 @ 8:45 am
blind guys have nothing to complain about…they’re the only males in this world who aren’t plagued by the memories of the ugly asian chicks they’ve had sex with while drunk.
Comment by captain anonymous — February 9, 2006 @ 8:48 am
Totally. Fucking. Ridiculous.
Comment by iliketapioca — February 9, 2006 @ 11:24 am
well, the daily cal gets points for actually covering something related to students, staff or faculty on campus. Usually they write about local seniors lawn bowling, or the intricacies of lunch at Berkeley high school.
Comment by jo — February 9, 2006 @ 12:13 pm
Here’s some news you should report. Christopher Wilson pled guilty to felony accessory to murder charges, and will testify at Hollis’ murder trial. He’ll be sentenced to between probation and 3 years in prison after the Hollis trial.
sfgate
Comment by Sherriff Anonymous — February 9, 2006 @ 12:52 pm
Is he on facebook?
Interests: Being blind, blind chicks, suing people needlessly, being a blind prick
Looking for: random play
Someone poke this stud (just be prepared, he might not see your poke and be forced to sue facebook)
Comment by Anonymous — February 11, 2006 @ 12:54 pm
Is this Steve Sexton’s brother???
Comment by Admiral Anonymity — February 11, 2006 @ 5:47 pm
Steve Sexton probably has a job like George Deutsch by now, controlling senior scientists in the name of balance.
Comment by the ricker — February 12, 2006 @ 7:16 pm
Calstuff, you awake man?
Comment by McMike — February 15, 2006 @ 5:28 pm
Is this blog officially dead? You guys can’t even make a post when there’s anti-semitic graffiti on your own frat house?
Comment by Sherriff Anonymous — February 15, 2006 @ 5:54 pm
sheriff, did you draw the graffiti just to provoke a calstuff post??
Comment by grand ayatollah anonymous — February 15, 2006 @ 5:59 pm
RIP Calstuff
Comment by Anonymous — February 15, 2006 @ 7:25 pm
In the mean time, we have a bunch of new topics to discuss on the new and improved patriot blog.
Comment by patr — February 15, 2006 @ 7:33 pm
no, i did not draw the graffiti.
Comment by Sherriff Anonymous — February 15, 2006 @ 7:49 pm