Yes that does make sense, as I did disable js via FF and saw no real
difference in my pages. The Amber alert ticker at the top stopped, but the
link still worked. That was all I saw.
So yes not having those tags won't hurt my site nor will they help screen
readers and the like.
Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikita The Spider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] NOSCRIPT element
On 7/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
Sharron,
<NOSCRIPT> is intended as a sort of partner element to <SCRIPT>. It
provides content for user agents (browsers, screen readers, search
engines, etc.) that don't have Javascript enabled and thus won't see
whatever the SCRIPT block produces. If all the SCRIPT block produces
is a dancing bear or some other non-essential fluff, then it is OK to
skip the NOSCRIPT element. But if the SCRIPT block creates something
important/essential (like a navigation menu) then the NOSCRIPT block
serves an important purpose by providing that navigation menu for
script-less user agents. With this in mind, can you see how
transparent 1x1 images are not going to be of much help?
There's no simple answer as to what should go in a NOSCRIPT element,
or if you should even have one at all. You can get some hints pretty
quickly by turning Javascript off and trying to browse your site. If
you find that important parts of your site are missing, those are the
gaps that your NOSCRIPT elements need to fill.
HTH
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Philip
http://NikitaTheSpider.com/
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