Re: Web accessibility enhancement scripts

Hello Alistair,

If you're talking about any type of AJAX enhancement scripts added to a page, I don't think there's any need to be evaluation work done _before_ the scripts are loaded.

As long as the scripts in question work / are compatible with assistive technologies and are keyboard user friendly, they shouldn't be a concern when we're assessing with WCAG 2.0.

Best practices would encourage the use of progressive enhancement techniques where we would make sure that the basic functionalities are provided before they get enhanced, but as this is outside the cope of we accessibility and therefore, this taskforce, this is not something I feel we should be concerned about.

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On 2011-11-21, at 5:24 AM, Vivienne CONWAY wrote:

> Hi Alistair
> 
> I have to say I've never encountered one of  those scripts. Can you provide an example and I'll have a try?
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Vivienne L. Conway, B.IT(Hons)
> PhD Candidate & Sessional Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A.
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> Subject: Web accessibility enhancement scripts
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> Dear All,
> 
> How do we handle pages which contain (what I term) "web accessibility enhancement scripts" - scripts used to alter / augment aspects of the loaded user interface in order to try and provide a better user experience for people with disabilities usually executed by the "screen-reader users, click here to" type link e.g. the "screen-reader users, click here to turn off google instant" found at the top of Google’s search page.
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> Should a page be assessed before "web accessibility enhancement scripts" are run, after they are run, or both? Are they even to be mentioned (section 7???) or encouraged at all?
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> Seeking thoughts / comments...
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> Alistair Garrison
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