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"just fine" is not even close to true. Developers have to code it right or it doesn't work right. JavaScript-based sites are as accessible as Flash-based site
by bphogan 13y ago
"just fine" is not even close to true.
Developers have to code it right or it doesn't work right.
JavaScript-based sites are as accessible as Flash-based sites - the developer has to know how to make it accessible, or it isn't.
- jonknee 13y ago> JavaScript-based sites are as accessible as Flash-based sites - the developer has to know how to make it accessible, or it isn't. How is that the case? The text is on the screen like any other website would be. It's not an image or in a binary format like it would be with Flash.
- bphogan 13y agoScreen readers can read text in Flash movies if it's bade available as text. and with JavaScript, if it's injected after page load, rather than during, the screen reader may not get notified that the page has changed, so it doesn't know to read it. This is what WAI-ARIA and other things are about. Thankfully JAWS and WindowEyes have free trials, and NVDA is free, so we can actually test things instead of talking about them on HN.