[Accessibility_sig] Overstock.com accessible?

[Bill.Woodland at tbpc.state.tx.us]

They do sell wheelchairs....not that this explains the wheelchair icon 
that you saw.

Oddly enough, a search for "accessibility" shows that they sell two books 
on web accessibility.  Perhaps they should purchase a copy for their 
webmaster.

Bill Woodland, Programmer V
Texas Building and Procurement Commission
Phone: 512-936-2901  Fax: 512-236-6166  Email: 
Bill.Woodland at tbpc.state.tx.us




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Just a cursory review using the HTML Validator 0.8.3.3 for Firefox, 
reveals missing alt tags, depreciated tags, inappropriate attributes, 
tables that get closed without ever being open, javascripts with no type 
designation... 
I would say that overstock.com would not meet the standards. 1199 errors 
reported.
Listening to it with JAWS, there does not seem to be specific optimization 
for screen readers. Due to the lack of alt tags the image file titles get 
read - like the header, which is "webpageheader800v5_logo."
I am confused by why they would want to bring attention to themselves by 
advertising that they are accessible when they aren't. 
Thanks for sharing. 
charlene



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Subject: [Accessibility_sig] Overstock.com accessible?


While watching TV last night, I saw a commercial for Overstock.com that 
flashed a wheelchair icon (
http://www.pratersmill.org/pm03images/wheelchairsign.gif) which I assume 
suggested accessibility. After taking a quick glance with the Lynx viewer, 
it doesn't seem accessible to me! What do yall think about thier effort of 
marketing as accessible, and do you think they pass?

www.overstock.com

 

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