- From: Alan J. Flavell <flavell@a5.ph.gla.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 21:52:28 +0100 (BST)
- To: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Jim Ley wrote: > I am absolutely horrified by the notion of requiring scripts, we have CERT > advisory's stating scripting should be disabled, we have a level of > scripting ability amongst developers that is pathetic, most can hardly > make scripts that work, let alone scripts that work and are accessible. > There's little that scripts give that make otherwise inaccessible content > accessible (are there some examples or even just ideas?) When I first 'met' you on Usenet, Jim, I had pretty-much given up ever seeing useful scripting on web pages. However, you have shown me a range of really worthwhile script-based techniques that can be applied at the _client_ side irrespective of the page-authors' intentions ;-) that can help with accessing the (variously misguided) authors' content. > I'm extremely pro-scripting, but it cannot and should not be relied on in > webpages. By and large I'm afraid I have to agree with that verdict (after all, if most of the page-provided scripts are notable only for their nuisance value, and a not-insignificant small fraction are for exploiting security holes, is it any wonder that users disable scripting or filter it out?); but you've shown a number of useful techniques which the client can apply, and it seems to me this has considerable prospects for further development and exploitation. all the best
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