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RE: Section 508 Standards Compliance and Scripts

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From: Karl Groves
Date: Sep 4, 2003 2:16PM

Forgive me if I am off base. I am coming into this conversation late.
IMO, a site is a complete accessibility failure if the content is not usable for persons with JavaScript off/ with browsers that do not recognize JavaScript.

There should be no reason for important content to be reliant on client-side scripting.
Think of it in these terms: is the content understandable to the same or reasonable level regardless of technology used to access it? If yes, then it is accessible. If no, then it is not.

One should not think of accessibility in terms of "Am I satisfying _______ guideline?", but rather "Can all people use this?"

Karl L. Groves, Certified Master CIW Designer
E-Commerce Manager
NASA Federal Credit Union
500 Prince Georges Blvd.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774

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