- From: Alan Chuter <achuter@technosite.es>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:39:07 +0100
- To: MWI BPWG Public <public-bpwg@w3.org>
- CC: David Torres <dtorres@technosite.es>
Following from the discussion in the call yesterday regarding this BP [1], I would remind people that as well as the script element, XHTML (and Basic) [4] provides the noscript element. Any content within this element will be ignored if script is executed but rendered if it is not. Unless I'm missing something, this would be a much more elegant way of fulfilling the intent of this BP. Surprisingly this solution is not mentioned in the BP1 document [2] either, which simply suggests a test for compliance, although it does link to WCAG 1.0 checkpoint 6.3 [3] which says "If it is not possible to make the page usable without scripts, provide a text equivalent with the NOSCRIPT element, or use a server-side script instead...". This seems (unless I'm missing something) like a much more reliable technique than checking against a DDR. regards, Alan [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/mwabp/#bp-devcap-scripting-support [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/#OBJECTS_OR_SCRIPT [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/wai-pageauth.html#tech-scripts [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/abstract_modules.html#s_scriptmodule -- Alan Chuter Departamento de Usabilidad y Accesibilidad Consultor Technosite - Grupo Fundosa Fundación ONCE Tfno.: 91 121 03 30 Fax: 91 375 70 51 achuter@technosite.es http://www.technosite.es
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