Gentlebeings, I have read a depressing and recent article suggesting that DOM manipulations are invisible to most screen readers [1]. There are some workarounds suggested in [2], but for the most part it looks like dangerous territory.
What's worse, there seems to be no way to detect screen readers reliably. I am determined to provide some JavaScript in the 'standard' interface, as it will make for enhanced ease-of-use for those sighted people using a modern browser. (I think it would be good for screen readers, too, if there was just some way for me to control/hint the "focus" of the screen reader, but at the moment there doesn't seem to be. Screen readers don't even seem to support an aural/speech stylesheet, much less provide some JavaScript object that lets me know I'm in one.) I found a page (that is eluding me at the moment) detailing a method for showing content to screen readers yet hiding it from 'regular' clients. I was thinking of adding a "Screen Reader Support On" link to the top of all pages that would only show to screen readers; does this seem like a good approach? Note that this would be in *addition* to the ability to get a JS-free version of the interface by using a different URL prefix for any user agent that doesn't want the JS action. ~ethan _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
