As far as I can tell there's no excuse for a javascript submit button, or a javascript url either. On Fri, 17 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Fri, 17 May 2002, cwhitley wrote: > > > Hi, > > lynx not having java script doesn't make ya'll missing much. Script really > > isn't all that accessable. Pure java, with the swing libraries, now that's > > a different story. Most of the client side java script is graphical in > > nature and thus not spoken. Even the "text" is drawn on the screen in such > > a way that jaws at least doesn't neccessarily speak it or even recognize > > links imbedded within it. > > The biggest problem, however, is that more and more web forms are using > javascript submit buttons which Lynx is unable to find, meaming that you > fill out a nice long form, yes, it's accessible, than you can't submit it > because it's a javascript submit button. > > Cheers. > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
