- From: RUST Randal <RRust@COVANSYS.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:30:41 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Phill Jenkins said; > >Would it be possible to use Remote Scripting and still retain > >compliance? Can assistive technologies handle it? > Yes, <snip. Just like > HTML or GUI programs, both can and cannot be made accessible, > it depends on what the author does. I agree. I see it as more of an access issue, rather than a disability issue. > If all the > employees in the State, Bureau, etc. have access to a capable > browser & assistive technology, then the client side > scripting can (and should) be made directly accessible to them. Makes sense to me. > Interesting to see that many see a conflict, or at least an > oddity between WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint 6.3 and 8.1. In other > words, why does one need to meet 8.1 if the site already > works without scripting by meeting 6.3? Right. I wish the guidelines dealt with scripting in a more real-world manner. Namely, a lot more people allow Javascript than don't. It should be simple enough just to say that if you use JS, make sure the same functionality can be performed if JS is turned off. I know it does say that, in a roundabout way, in WCAG, but it does get contradictory. Thanks for the extra links. I have all of those bookmarked, but it remined me that I have them and need to revisit them. ---------- Randal Rust Covansys Corp. Columbus, OH
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