RE: Accessible JScript calculators?

Jake,

what kind of calculator are we talking about ? An all-purpouse one
(i.e. one that emulates a real-life calculator), or a specific one
(e.g. a mortgage rate calculator) which only has a few fields and a
big "calculate" button ? If it's the latter, you can make it accessible
by providing a dual mechanism: if javascript is present, do the
calculation on the same page, otherwise submit the form, do the
calculation server-side, then display the result on a new page.
If it's the former, I'm afraid that it will be a lot trickier to
make that one accessible. You may have to provide to separate calculators
altogether: one with all the various buttons, using javascript, and the
other one consisting of a simple text field where the users would write
their calculations (operators, parentheses and everything) and
the server would then evaluate the formula and spit out the result.

Patrick
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Patrick H. Lauke
Webmaster / University of Salford
http://www.salford.ac.uk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: FOX, Jake [mailto:FOXJ@NORWICH-UNION.CO.UK]
> Sent: 20 November 2003 11:17
> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: Accessible JScript calculators?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Is there any way possible to make Javascript calculators accessible? 
> 
> The main problem here is obviously, that they will not 
> function with JScript
> turned off. 
> 
> Are there any clever ways around this problem or will they 
> have to not be
> included on my site as it is impossible to portray the information in
> another way?! 
> 
> Look forward to hearing all your thoughts and comments on this one!
> 
> -Jake.
> 
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