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Re: Is javascript a big issue?

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From: Sachin Pavithran
Date: Mar 15, 2004 2:36PM

Just FYI, I've heard several times that the latest version of JAWS seems to
work a lot better with JAVA script. I do run the latest version and I
haven't seen any difference yet. So for a screen reader user it would be
impossible to access the information since we will be using a keyboard.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Price" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:17 PM
Subject: Is javascript a big issue?


> 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 out of date.
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