In fact, my reading of 508 suggests that the restriction on using Javascript is tighter than the authors probably intended (it appears that they did intend to allow its use to a greater extent than W3C guidelines, which require absolutely that Javascript support is not required). I forget the details - I believe I sent them to the WAI Interest Group list about a year ago. Anyway, I am not a lawyer, so it is worth leaving the fine points to them. But Janina is right. Section 508 (for those of you working in the US where it is relevant) makes important restrictions on the circumstances in which Javascript is regarded as accessible. Cheers Chaals On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: >David, this is an oversimplification. 508 does not allow js without >qualification. It provides an extremely important qualification, that of >functionality. > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > >> and the crux of the js matter is that 508 allows it. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak@chartermi.net> >> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:24 PM >> Subject: Re: Links (with an I), Lynx (with a Y) and inaccessible sites >> >> >> Well, it doesn't matter if you can look at the site but can't actually >> buy >> anything! >> I don't know quite why partt of a site would "have to be" inaccessible, >> though >> you are right that much of it was built before the law and they hadn't >> gotten >> back to looking at it yet. >> I think the crux of it is that for some reason they feel javascript has >> to be >> there. >> >> Cheryl >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +33 4 92 38 78 22 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)