- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:32:53 +1000 (EST)
- To: "Charles (Chuck) Oppermann" <chuckop@MICROSOFT.com>
- cc: Kristine Bradow <kbradow@ece.eng.wayne.edu>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Chuck said 'Whoa, hang on a minute...' So I'd better clarify... VB (and Javascript and Java) are far from universally supported. This provides an accessibility problem even before considering what is actually done. Chuck is quite right - using HTML to write a form is not a guarantee that it will be accessible, but it is a step towards being more certain. There are a whole raft of issues that need to be considered, but the point was that by relying on scripts inside pages there will be a raft of users locked out by the technology. My comments were not meant to stand as a guide to what makes stuff accessible, but were just a response to what immediately struck me as the biggest accessiblity concern in the approach outlined. Detailed explanations available on application - but I guess this disclaimer is a bit late. cheers Charles
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