Hello everyone,
Could someone please clarify whether a site built with jQuery is
consistent with web standards and accessibility, assuming that the
jQuery components: (i) degrade gracefully; and (ii) are not necessary
for essential functions (such as navigation).
I would be grateful for
Use of any framework does not automatically make your website
accessible. JQuery only attempts to make the development of JavaScript
more consistent across the various browsers (and, as you so rightly
point out, some screen readers as well). You must still provide your
own 'accessibility'.
On 10/10/2011 2:02 PM, Grant Bailey wrote:
Hello everyone,
Could someone please clarify whether a site built with jQuery is
consistent with web standards and accessibility, assuming that the
jQuery components: (i) degrade gracefully; and (ii) are not necessary
for essential functions (such
Hi,
jQuery is a framework for building components and for easily manipulating the
DOM of a web page, by itself it doesn't have anything to say about specific
accessibility concerns.
Plugins and third party components that have be built on top of jquery may or
may not implement suitable
