From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.romualt.dhs.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 178ocf-0001MI-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 16:46:45 -0400 Received: (qmail 10105 invoked by uid 1002); 17 May 2002 20:46:07 -0000 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 15:46:07 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: java/java script/ya ain't missing much Message-ID: <20020517154607.B10080@romualt.dhs.org> References: <7901706.1021648931593.JavaMail.Administrator@ATP2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from toby_fisher@bigfoot.com on Fri, May 17, 2002 at 09:35:55PM +0100 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yeah, I've run into that more then once. Having that button at the end of one of the nice long forms can really be frustrating after you've spent time filling it out. Greg On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 09:35:55PM +0100, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2002, cwhitley wrote: > > > Hi, > > lynx not having java script doesn't make ya'll missing much. Script really > > isn't all that accessable. Pure java, with the swing libraries, now that's > > a different story. Most of the client side java script is graphical in > > nature and thus not spoken. Even the "text" is drawn on the screen in such > > a way that jaws at least doesn't neccessarily speak it or even recognize > > links imbedded within it. > > The biggest problem, however, is that more and more web forms are using > javascript submit buttons which Lynx is unable to find, meaming that you > fill out a nice long form, yes, it's accessible, than you can't submit it > because it's a javascript submit button. > > Cheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby@g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup