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Re: Section 508 Standards Compliance and Scripts

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From: Joel Ward
Date: Sep 4, 2003 10:05AM

> All an end user receives is a one sentence message stating that the page
> won't work w/ JavaScript disabled, and no other means to access the course
> is provided. How can this be considered compliance w/ 508???
> I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything. And TIA for all
> comments. (And to anyone who also subscribes to the Webdesign-L
discussion
> list, I apologize for the cross-posting).

In my experience, to be Section 508 compliant you may be able to require
that Javascript be enabled. Like Jon said, that may be Officially 508
Compliant but not fully accessible to all users.

It depends on your audience and what you really want the site to accomplish.
If you are a public site, requiring Javascript is a bad idea because there's
more of a chance you will have users with scripting turned off. If you are
an internal site, you may be able to get away with it because your
institution has all browsers Javascript-enabled.

In the Spirit of the Law, it's best to make your site compatible with users
that have scripting turned off. However, you can probably argue it is
compliant even if it does require Javascript.






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