From: Foskett, Mike
Subject: RE: [WSG] JS patterns
> Solution:
> Instead of adding an onclick to a heading, try adding a
> link to the heading then put the onclick on that.
> Use the id of the hidden div as the link href and you're
> done.
> Best practice observed and everyone's happy.

I agree entirely. There seems to be many developers discovering the joys of 
these JavaScript frameworks, but forgetting that we have a responsibility to 
use them wisely. With great power comes great responsibility, or something.

I put together a little script to act as a "bridge" between HTML and the 
prototype JavaScript library called Performer [1]. It allows you to use 
JavaScript effects (hide and show elements, do AJAX calls, limit textbox input 
length etc) with nothing more than CSS classes and standard element attributes 
(rel and rev, mainly). It's also meant to be keyboard-accessible, but more work 
is needed to get that perfect (any help will be greatly appreciated).

Despite this being quite an early version (currently 0.4 - please report any 
bugs!) I'm also trying to get a jQuery and mootools version developed. If this 
helps developers to use JavaScript in an accessible way then some good will 
come of it.

Chris

[1] http://performerjs.org


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