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If you are a blind user of the internet, and happened to want to purchase something online from Target, guess what? You would be unfortunately discriminated against. Why? Because Targets website (to date) is inaccessibly designed. But that is going to be corrected. You see, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and other sources have reported that Target’s been ordered to pay $6 million to settle the class action lawsuit against them.

Here’s a quote from the ruling:

“Furthermore, the settlement requires Target to implement internal guidelines to make its site more accessible to the blind by Feb. 28, 2009, with assistance from the NFB. The retailer and the NFB have agreed to a three-year relationship during which the advocacy group will keep testing the site to make sure it is accessible to the blind who use technologies such as screen-reading software. NFB said it will certify the site through its own certification program once the improvements are completed.”

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This is great news for accessiblility, web standards, and the many diabled and NON-disabled users everywhere!