[Mailman-Developers] Fwd: Re: Turning off dynamic JavaScript

[David Andrews]

>
>I believe there is a "screen reader present" flag in Windows, don't know any more than that.
>
>Dave
>
>At 12:59 PM 7/4/2006, you wrote:
>>Ethan wrote:
>>
>>> Note that this would be in *addition* to the ability to get a JS-free
>>> version of the interface by using a different URL prefix for any user
>>> agent that doesn't want the JS action.
>>
>>Speaking only for myself, this is not the kind of approach I'd like to see
>>used.  I'd prefer to see the web application auto-detect that JavaScript
>>is not available, and therefore to automatically present the appropriate
>>non-JavaScript interface.  Likewise, it should auto-detect that there is a
>>screen reader being used, and present the appropriate screen reader
>>compatible interface.
>>
>>Of course, the manual options should always be there, but if we're forcing
>>the user to manually select a different page in order to get away from the
>>JavaScript stuff, then I think we're doing something wrong.
>>
>>-- 
>>Brad Knowles, <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org>
>>
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