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Re: Submitting forms via javascript: Button vs. link vs.other?

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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Dec 4, 2009 1:27PM

Rowan @ Jetboy wrote:

> Definitely <input> or <button> elements.

Definitely what? Your method of replying is not accessible. It is not clear
at all what question you are responding to.

> I'd suggest <input
> type="image"... for a graphical submit button.

Oh my-

> I'm not aware of any
> accessibility issues with this approach, apart from if the user has
> images switched off,

I think we can stop here. The possibility of "images switched off" is of
course very real, but not at all the only issue here. Actually, if you are
suggesting an image submit button as an answer to an unspecified problem, I
think you now need a crash course on accessibility.

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