Summary of Results for JavaScript - Part 1: Navigating links
Four of us got together several weeks ago to try to determine how JavaScript affects screen readers and other assistive technology. Our first test was in Quiz 4.1.4: JavaScript - part 1. This joint (ad)venture included James Edwards, Mike Stenhouse, Derek Featherstone and myself. James created the core of the first test case by launching actions from links and then cleverly recording results in a form at the bottom of the test case page. It took a couple of weeks to amass a credible set of test runs and about that much more time to assemble the results. James wins the prize for persistence and determination by plowing through the results and putting them in displayable form. I’m still scratching my head about what they mean. They don’t yet translate directly into best practices.
The results don’t fit easily on a standard blog entry, so I have posted them on a page better able to display the tables. Go see the full explanation and results, and tell us what they mean to you.
December 15th, 2005 at 7:34 pm
Thank you for valuable info.
January 5th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
The chart tells me that we have a long way to go before javaScript can be handled by these products. I was afraid of that.