I tried accessing Target.com with both JAWS 10 and NVDA with no luck. I
also tried accessing it using IE 8 with all add-ons disabled, but again, no
luck. I was finally able to access it successfully using Firefox 3.6, but I
normally use Firefox only for solving captchas with Webvisum because I just
don't like it as my default browser. So I have no idea why you are able to
access Target.com with XP and IE 8, but I can't. There must be some quirk
in my system configuration that is causing this strange problem. Could my
ISP, Verizon, be the culprit?
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Robbins" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com
Gerald,
I have no idea unless there is some quirk, setting, etc. in
your computer. Do you have another version of JAWS installed
on your computer to try just for giggles?
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Gerald Levy
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 8:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com
So how come I can't access Target.com with XP Pro and IE 8?
I certainly don't think it has anything to do with JAWS.
This just doesn't make any sense.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Robbins" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com
Gerald,
For what it is worth, just tried going to target site and
it
opened with no problem. I'm using Window's XP Pro, latest
JAWS and IE 8
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of
Gerald Levy
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com
So this is not a screen reader issue. Then Target must be
deliberately
blocking access to its web site to all consumers, blind
and
sighted alike,
who use certain browsers. This makes absolutely no sense.
The rocket
scientists at Target who designed their web site are the
same lame brains
who are probably now wondering why their holiday sales are
down.
Unbelievable.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com
Generally, The websites are programmed to see what type
of
browsers are
accessing them. Then the sites are developed to give the
best visual
display
to the browsers that most often access them. Thus, I am
not sure why the
IE
8 would not display as good as IE 9.
God bless,
Mark
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:45 PM
To: blind-computing
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com
I was under the impression that Target had made a serious
effort to
improve
the accessibility of its web site for 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. Is there some reasonable explanation for this
message? Could my
screen reader, JAWS 9, be the culprit? Is there a work
around for this
problem? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Gerald
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