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RE: Section 508 Standards Compliance and Scripts

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From: Bryce.Fields@kyvu.org
Date: Sep 4, 2003 12:22PM

[from my previous post under this subject]
"KYVU currently uses a CMS that makes a similar claim about its product
("content written to the screen before the page loads"). Disabling
JavaScript while using that platform makes course material inaccessible.
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...???"

Thanks to all for the very useful feedback to date.

But...how about this question, but in regards to WCAG 1.0, priority 1. This
is the standard to which the Commonwealth of Kentucky is probably going to
hold their sites accountable. Would a course management system that did not
display course material when JavaScript was disabled be considered
compliant?

Bryce Fields
Web Developer
Kentucky Virtual University
http://www.kyvu.org/

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