Yeah, but the Kiwis are not Australians, they are New Zealanders, so
we have an excuse ;p
That said, looking forward to the notes being available, impossible to
get to Sydney to be at the real deal.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:04:26 -0700, Ted Drake
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> Ted (from San Diego, t
don't have a cute nickname.)
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I agree, it's not easy travelling from
Leslie Riggs wrote:
> O, do I second that emotion!!! So many of us just can't get
> there, and this is invaluable information for us to learn.
>
> Leslie Riggs
I agree, it's not easy travelling from Norway on a weekday :)
Australia? I actually can't get further away from home .Any longer, I'm
D] On
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And of course, Bruce Maguire (the guy who sued SOCOG) will be speaking
about
accessibility and legal implications for Austr
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> And of course, Bruce Maguire (the guy who sued SOCOG) will
Can his speech be put on your website in some form?
Nancy
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On Sunday, Aug 22, 2004, at 09:48 Australia/Sydney, Michael Kear wrote:
I was interested that the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission uses tables for layout in their web site at:
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/index.html
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/faq/
http://afpwebworks.com
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[snip]
In this post I am just
Hill, Tim wrote:
Wow, that's big, can't believe they had to pay $40,000 that's huge.
Relative to the size of the companies, it's not that big; however, it is
big enough not to ignore and for other companies to sit up and take notice.
The bottom line is that this could be very good for business--o
> -Original Message-
> From: Neerav
> sites
>
>
> The more salient question would be whether corporates can be forced to
> do so in australia, as SOCOG was a government corporation. AFAIK whether
> australian corporates can be forced to comply to W3C/accessibility
> guidelines is untested i
> Unaccessible - NY Attorney General busts two big name sites
Shouldn't that be inaccessible?
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> Date: 20/08/2004 16:48:37
> To: Web Standards Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> And of course, Bruce Maguire (the guy who sued SOCOG) will be speaking about
> acce
And of course, Bruce Maguire (the guy who sued SOCOG) will be speaking about
accessibility and legal implications for Australian Developers at the
upcoming September WE04 conference.
:)
Russ
> Have you forgotten Sydney Olympics web site, it was 4 years ago the Human
> Rights Commission awarded
The more salient question would be whether corporates can be forced to
do so in australia, as SOCOG was a government corporation. AFAIK whether
australian corporates can be forced to comply to W3C/accessibility
guidelines is untested in the courts.
--
Neerav Bhatt
http://www.bhatt.id.au
Web Dev
Ah, I was under the impression that that was
pertaining to Government sites.
--
Cameron
W: www.themaninblue.com
--- Nick Cowie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cameron
> wrote:
>
> > Did we resolve whether Australian legislation has
> the
> > potential for similar effects?
>
> Have you forgott
Cameron
wrote:
> Did we resolve whether Australian legislation has the
> potential for similar effects?
Have you forgotten Sydney Olympics web site, it was 4 years ago the Human Rights
Commission awarded A$20,000 compensation in the Maguire vs. SOCOG case.
You can find it all here: http://www.
ent: Friday, 20 August 2004 2:37 PM
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19 Aug 2004 - The Attorney General of New York has deemed parts of
Ramada.com and Priceline.com inaccessible to assistive technology.
"The Attorney General opine
Wow, that's big.
Did we resolve whether Australian legislation has the
potential for similar effects?
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Cameron
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--- Ben Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 19 Aug 2004 - The Attorney General of New York has
> deemed parts of
> Ramada.com and Priceline.com inaccessible
19 Aug 2004 - The Attorney General of New York has deemed parts of
Ramada.com and Priceline.com inaccessible to assistive technology.
"The Attorney General opined that the Americans With Disabilities Act
requires that private web sites be accessible to blind and visually
impaired Internet users."
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