ROFLMAO... I was just re-reading this and thinking the same damn thing.....
I get excited sometimes and in the interest of trying to stay brief (a challenge for me. Grin.), I often make leaps that work in my head, but not so well for others if they are not explicitly stated. Sorry....
The other part of it is that calling the ADA (and similar laws in other countries) a civil rights law, rather than a law to correct flaws, is that it leads to the ability to design a system like Captcha, and then accommodate it to meet the letter of a law. The approach of design, then accommodate, guarantees that we never go beyond a level of minimum standard because the minimum standard becomes the goal.
On another note, I am sorry also for assuming a common experience with ADA. The internet is a big place... I forgot that we are not all Americans for a second there. I apologize for my assumption, and consider it a lesson learned. Avoiding assumptions is really hard and I am not always good at it.
Re: My Soap Box Has a Ramp.
I get excited sometimes and in the interest of trying to stay brief (a challenge for me. Grin.), I often make leaps that work in my head, but not so well for others if they are not explicitly stated. Sorry....
The other part of it is that calling the ADA (and similar laws in other countries) a civil rights law, rather than a law to correct flaws, is that it leads to the ability to design a system like Captcha, and then accommodate it to meet the letter of a law. The approach of design, then accommodate, guarantees that we never go beyond a level of minimum standard because the minimum standard becomes the goal.
On another note, I am sorry also for assuming a common experience with ADA. The internet is a big place... I forgot that we are not all Americans for a second there. I apologize for my assumption, and consider it a lesson learned. Avoiding assumptions is really hard and I am not always good at it.