RE: Problem with Onclick in Netscape in ![]()
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William F. Hammond)
Tue Sep 5 15:02:08 2000
From: "William F. Hammond" <hammond@csc.albany.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:51:23 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200009051851.OAA02173@hilbert.math.albany.edu>
To: www-talk@w3.org
Cc: asgilman@iamdigex.net
Resent-From: www-talk@w3.org
> >Why use javascript at all? Just do it using forms:
. . .
> Yes. Since you can do it in HTML, you should.
>
> See Checkpoint 6.3 in
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/#gl-new-technologies>.
A reference which IMO, at some risk of redundancy, should be amended to
read as follows:
| 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other
| programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not
| possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative accessible
| page. [Priority 1]
|
| | This is very important for reaching users who
| |
| | (1) read pages with other than standard desktop user agents.
| |
| | (2) work in environments where management insists that some of
| | the new technologies be disabled for various reasons including
| | network security.
| |
| | (3) voluntarily switch off new technologies for various reasons.
|
| For example, ensure that links that trigger scripts work when
| scripts are turned off or not supported (e.g., do not use
| "javascript:" as the link target). ...
William F. Hammond Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
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