Posted by Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t on 10/04/07 16:43

> > http://target.com/careers/ - Completely broken. All I see is:
> > [javascript_disabled]
> From: Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net>
> Well, you *could* enable Javascript.

Nope, it's not possible. Neither lynx nor any other browser
supports JavaScript over VT100 dialup.

> One principle that seems to be attached to the accessibility
> guidelines is that authors are permitted to take existing
> technology into consideration, ...

By that argument, since iPhone is the latest way to get access to
the InterNet, companies would be perfectly reasonable to change
their job-ad listings so that the *only* way they are accessible is
via iPhone, anyone without iPhone need not apply.

If the duties of the job are to take orders via iPhone, and the
company is so small they can't afford to provide iPhones for their
employees doing this kind of work, every employee must provide
his/her own iPhone before starting work, then maybe it would be
reasonable to deny employment to anyone not already owning an
iPhone. But in that case, why not offer the option of taking the
cost of the iPhone ($300) out of the first month's wages? And
instead of not allowing non-iPhone-owners to even see the job ads,
why not say that all jobs require owning iPhones?

Do you honestly believe that every job at Toys {backR} Us requires
the employee to own their own personal computer with JavaScript in
order to perform the job?

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