On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 02:31:50AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> > The Justice Department has already said that the web is a place of
> > public accommodation, and the ADA applies. It is only a matter of
> > time before they issue specific regulations. So, in the near
> > future, anyone producing publicly facing web sites will need to do
> > this!
>
> No, they won't -- they can always shut down. And I suspect that's
> exactly what will happen to most volunteer sites if they try to apply
> the ADA standards to them. I can't be happy about that. I live in
> Japan, and I assure you that public policies that equalize benefits by
> reducing the average suck -- especially for the less-well-off.
Apropos to that, the US DoJ doesn't really have much effect in
jurisdictions outside of the US. I do wish we wouldn't be so
parochial.
> Really, you accessibility advocates should be looking for
> opportunities to organize this kind of effort.
+1
> A few real lists are running with Mailman 3 + Postorius +
> HyperKitty already, and I'm pretty sure there are a couple of demo
> sites.
At least one has been posted to one of the lists; possibly
-developers.
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