> >I believe that the W3C standards require that Javascript and other components >fail gracefully, so the point could be made, for things link Lynx and Links >that a graceful degrade would also take care of us screen reader users. >Anything specific you write for us, while appreciated, is also something that >may have to be kept up separately, and thus may not be. > >Dave > >At 01:06 PM 7/4/2006, you wrote: >>Brad Knowles wrote: >> >>> Speaking only for myself, this is not the kind of approach I'd like to see >>> used. I'd prefer to see the web application auto-detect that JavaScript >>> is not available, and therefore to automatically present the appropriate >>> non-JavaScript interface. >> >>I will do this for browsers not employing JavaScript. Screen readers >>employ JavaScript and provide no indication what they do/do not provide >>feedback to the user for. >> >>> Likewise, it should auto-detect that there is a >>> screen reader being used, and present the appropriate screen reader >>> compatible interface. >> >>This is an admirable goal. One "screen reader" in semi-common use is IE >>6 via Jaws; another one is Safari with OS X reading turned on. >> >>They present to me no handle, user-agent or otherwise, indicating >>they're being spoken rather than seen. >> >>> Of course, the manual options should always be there, but if we're forcing >>> the user to manually select a different page in order to get away from the >>> JavaScript stuff, then I think we're doing something wrong. >> >>I agree that it is an Ugly Hack; In this case I think the screen readers >>are misbehaved, but there's not a lot I can do about that. >> >>~ethan fremen >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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/dandrews%40visi.com >> >>Security Policy: >>http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp >> >>__________ NOD32 1.1617 (20060623) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com
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