From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net ([208.36.108.88] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 178og2-0001Xd-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 16:50:15 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4HKoDX04432 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 16:50:14 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:50:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: java/java script/ya ain't missing much In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: As far as I can tell there's no excuse for a javascript submit button, or a javascript url either. On Fri, 17 May 2002, 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. > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org