[LINK] Legal issues around security [was Question: How do you protect Windows?]

Adam Todd link at todd.inoz.com
Tue Dec 21 10:20:02 EST 2004


> > >not only do i agree, but i would point out that such sites violate the
> > >Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
> >
> > How does only providing support for particular browsers and not others
> > violate the DDA?
>
>If you are a person who is visually disabled and need to use, say, a
>screen reader, then if the site will only accommodate IE, you are being
>discriminated against because of your disability.
>
>Seems straight forward to me.
>
>I guess a good test might be - can you read this site using lynx.

Hasn't this already been tested in the courts with the Blind guy who sued 
SOCOG??




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