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From: JP Jamous
Date: Sat, Jan 12 2019 10:08AM
Subject: Java wasp can comply with WCAG 2.1?
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I agree with Glen. As a developer, I do not foresee any relationship between JS and WCAG. As long as the JS code is creating well structured HTML and executing properly for assistive technology to recognize the client-side code changes, JS is fine to be used.

I think you might be thinking of situations where JS functions fire up but the assistive technology has no idea of that execution. Again as Glen mentioned, you use ARIA to ensure progress messages are being announced by screen readers.

Technically speaking, yes JS can be quite accessible and can create inaccessible modifications client-side if not presented properly. I think you are linking the latter to WCAG.



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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sat, Jan 12 2019 11:14AM
Subject: Re: Java wasp can comply with WCAG 2.1?
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On 12/01/2019 17:08, JP Jamous wrote:
> I agree with Glen. As a developer, I do not foresee any relationship between JS and WCAG. As long as the JS code is creating well structured HTML and executing properly for assistive technology to recognize the client-side code changes, JS is fine to be used.
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> I think you might be thinking of situations where JS functions fire up but the assistive technology has no idea of that execution. Again as Glen mentioned, you use ARIA to ensure progress messages are being announced by screen readers.
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> Technically speaking, yes JS can be quite accessible and can create inaccessible modifications client-side if not presented properly. I think you are linking the latter to WCAG.

JP, this was about JSP pages, not JS code rendered client-side...

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From: JP Jamous
Date: Sat, Jan 12 2019 1:55PM
Subject: Re: Java wasp can comply with WCAG 2.1?
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My apologies Patrick. I did not read the whole thread.

I thought it covered JS executing client-side.



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