Re: no longer fully supporting 4.x browsers..

David Segall wrote:

"rf" <making.it.up (AT) the (DOT) time> wrote:

A site that can not be listened to can be deemed to be illegal.
Removing the focus rectangle from links and so making them unusable to
somebody who cannot use a mouse can be deemed to be illegal. It is not I
who says this, it is the people who make our laws, the government.

Don't believe this er, exaggeration, from my fellow Australian. It is
illegal to deliberately discriminate against the handicapped but that
does not mean that we are required to sell books that,

A website isn't a book.

magically, enable the blind to read or Music CD's

A music CD isn't a website

You would not be breaking the law if you failed to implement the
Windows "standard" of not requiring a mouse.

Removing focus on a link makes it difficult for people with motor-skills
related disabilities from clicking a link. Could you provide a reference to
a piece of Australian legislation that confirms your belief or opinion?

You would certainly not
be breaking the law if your web site did not support Lynx.

Lynx is used as a canonical example of accessibility testing. If a website
works in Lynx, there's going to be a good chance the website is accessible.
So conversely, if a website doesn't work in Lynx there's a good chance it
is not accessible - inaccessible websites are in breach of Australian
legislation, as you have already pointed out.



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