Re: Accessibility of JavaScript? (Was "Re: comments on guidelines")

Hello,

It sounds like you are using JavaScript in an accessible way.  You are
correct in comparing HTML to Javascript in that it is in the use (or abuse
<grin>) that causes access problems.

as to how this relates to Charles' comments about suggested changes to C.1,
we'll have to give it some more thought.

--the editors

>Is it JavaScript (the language) or its uses that are not accessible? One
could argue that HTML, for example, is not accessible because it can be
[ab]used to produce inaccessible documents. So can JavaScript, especially
when used to create visual effects with no alternative, non-visually
accessible counterpart. I'm not "defending" JavaScript here, just wanting
to be aware of accessibility issues in its use.
>
>As a programmer, I find JavaScript to be a powerful tool, for example, for
client-side forms validation and assistance. Is this use necessarily
inaccessible? I think if I'm sensitive to accessibility concerns in
consideration, planning and design, it need not be. For example, for public
Web sites, I can't (won't) require that the reader/user enable JavaScript
to use the form, so part of my design and testing is to make sure the form
works without JavaScript. I can suggest to the reader/user that they enable
JavaScript to obtain specific advantages with that form, but I can't
(won't) require that they do so. 
>
>Chris Kreussling
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>The views expressed are those of the author 
>and do not necessarily reflect the position 
>of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
>or the Federal Reserve System.
>

Received on Tuesday, 22 September 1998 13:24:35 UTC