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Re: Is javascript a big issue?

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Mar 15, 2004 1:55AM

On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 01:17:07AM +0000, Chris Price wrote:
> How many visitors am I going to turn away if I have js based navigation
> without non-js alternative. I know how to provide the alternative I'm just
> interested in who this affects.
>
> It is a WAG Priority 1 issue so I imagine it must be significant. Or is that
> out of date.

It is possible to layer JavaScript (or, in one case*, just CSS) functionality
on top of valid, semantic nested lists, using CSS to style them:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns
http://www.digital-web.com/columns/keepitsimple/keepitsimple_2004-01.shtml
* http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/menus/demo.html

Then, when a user agent doesn't have javascript and/or CSS, they still get the
meaningful markup on which your menu is based.

Regards,

Tim
--
"That's a whole lotta transparent GIFs going to be waiting in line at the job
centre." -- Nathan Pitman


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