Comments on: Target.com Sued Over Lack of ALT Tags (Attributes) http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: bbrian017 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-1100891 bbrian017 Sun, 24 May 2009 15:49:39 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-1100891 This is so silly! I don't think it's right! Does this mean any website owner can be sued? Did you do a follow up article on this I can read? Cheers, Brian This is so silly! I don’t think it’s right! Does this mean any website owner can be sued?

Did you do a follow up article on this I can read?

Cheers,

Brian

]]> By: Sac ekimi http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-877749 Sac ekimi Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:42:31 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-877749 i think no one is responsible for this situation. I think they have just forgetten. Because their software is huge so they spent their times to flexibility and security, not for seo. Mehmet i think no one is responsible for this situation. I think they have just forgetten. Because their software is huge so they spent their times to flexibility and security, not for seo.

Mehmet

]]> By: Law May Require Webistes To Be Accessible To Disabled Users | SEOdisco http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-680255 Law May Require Webistes To Be Accessible To Disabled Users | SEOdisco Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:52:17 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-680255 [...] of accessibility to visually impaired internet users. Loren covered this issue last year over at Search Engine Journal: The suit is centered around Target.com’s lack of ALT text in its site’s images. Wonder [...] [...] of accessibility to visually impaired internet users. Loren covered this issue last year over at Search Engine Journal: The suit is centered around Target.com’s lack of ALT text in its site’s images. Wonder [...]

]]> By: Nick Bostic - Real Estate Marketing » RMLS In Need of an Overhaul to Help Portland Real Estate http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-490845 Nick Bostic - Real Estate Marketing » RMLS In Need of an Overhaul to Help Portland Real Estate Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:51:35 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-490845 [...] and it’s not accessible to those who may not be able to read the screen like many of us can. Target was sued because their site wasn’t accessible. This is the first step in an already confusing process and now blind people are being given an [...] [...] and it’s not accessible to those who may not be able to read the screen like many of us can. Target was sued because their site wasn’t accessible. This is the first step in an already confusing process and now blind people are being given an [...]

]]> By: blake http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-325755 blake Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:20:26 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-325755 IE wrongly causes ALT attributes to display in a "tooltip" style fashion. This can actually be annoying and even work against usability/accessibility but cover other information on the page. It is supposed to be an ALTERNATIVE to an image. The TITLE attribute is the one that is supposed to (and does in Firefox and Safari) function as a tooltip. I like mors idea. Let's starting suing sites for being IE only and the like. Ironically, a lot of the assistive technology that blind folks would use doesn't support IE 7. IE wrongly causes ALT attributes to display in a “tooltip” style fashion. This can actually be annoying and even work against usability/accessibility but cover other information on the page. It is supposed to be an ALTERNATIVE to an image.

The TITLE attribute is the one that is supposed to (and does in Firefox and Safari) function as a tooltip.

I like mors idea. Let’s starting suing sites for being IE only and the like.

Ironically, a lot of the assistive technology that blind folks would use doesn’t support IE 7.

]]> By: joy http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-86268 joy Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:58:28 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-86268 You'll want to change the webstandards.org link to <a href="http://www.webstandards.org/2006/02/09/taking-aim-at-targetcom/" rel="nofollow">http://www.webstandards.org/2006/02/09/taking-aim-at-targetcom/</a> for some reason, your original link merely redirects to their main page. You’ll want to change the webstandards.org link to http://www.webstandards.org/2006/02/09/taking-aim-at-targetcom/ for some reason, your original link merely redirects to their main page.

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]]> By: mors http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-63609 mors Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:31:19 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-63609 How about start suing ALL website that block browsers ?!? That would make more sense. How about start suing ALL website that block browsers ?!? That would make more sense.

]]> By: Derek Andrews http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-63197 Derek Andrews Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:57:54 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-63197 Nathan, I have never heard of Alt tags for IE, but no doubt this is just another toy that Microsoft added in an attempt to win the browser wars. Any sensible web designer will ignore it and stick to standards compliant code that can be understood by any browser. Nathan, I have never heard of Alt tags for IE, but no doubt this is just another toy that Microsoft added in an attempt to win the browser wars. Any sensible web designer will ignore it and stick to standards compliant code that can be understood by any browser.

]]> By: Nathan Weinberg http://www.searchenginejournal.com/targetcom-sued-over-lack-of-alt-tags/2922/comment-page-1/#comment-63018 Nathan Weinberg Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:23:19 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=2922#comment-63018 Actually, there are ALT tags, they just don't work in Firefox or Opera, just IE (and don't ask me how they screwed THAT up). Actually, there are ALT tags, they just don’t work in Firefox or Opera, just IE (and don’t ask me how they screwed THAT up).

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