The Cart Blog

Target becomes a target

Target is being sued by the National Federation of the Blind for having an inaccessible website. Two specific items were cited:

• The use of image maps (which screen readers cannot handle)
• A lack of alt tags on images

Now if using image maps is a core part of your design, well, that’s a tough one - but how hard is it to add an alt tag, for heaven’s sakes? By the way, if they had validated their HTML, this issue would have been uncovered during testing rather than in the courtroom - another reason to comply with web standards and validate your code.