I forgot to say Thank you for your response! I did go attempt to read the
http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=2891, it served only
to confuse me further.
Maybe I should give up the pursuit.
Sharron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Brueckmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] NOSCRIPT element
Hi Scharron,
With some advice from a friend I added this to all my js
(<noscript><div><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"
alt="spacer" /></div></noscript>)
Is this acceptable to use a transparent image?
No.
Please note that your NOSCRIPT element does in no way enhance the
accessibility of your page. Including this element the way you did is
absolutely pointless.
A proper use of the NOSCRIPT element would be to offer content which
reflects the outcome of your javascript for visitors without enabled
scripting.
Cluttering your source with pointless NOSCRIPT elements just for the
sake of validation is a futile effort.
Moreover, your validator issues a warning, not an error. A close
inspection of the techniques for Guidelines 6.2/6.3 state:
| One way to accomplish this is with the NOSCRIPT element.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#scripts-alt
It does NOT state you MUST use an NOSCRIPT element with each SCRIPT
element.
Depending on the intended results of your scripts there are better
ways of making your site equally accessible to user agents without
scripting support. A very good introduction, Unobtrusive Javascript by
Chris Heilmann, can be found at
http://onlinetools.org/articles/unobtrusivejavascript/
Last not least the issue of the NOSCRIPT element was subject of a
recent discussion on the WebAIM mailing list. I think the archived
discussion might be interesting to read:
http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=2891
Hope that helps,
cheers,
Jens
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http://www.yalf.de
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