Accessibility - Part 5
Article ID: KB101568
Last month we talked about how to make your embedded Flash or Swish
movie accessible. This month we'll be going over how to make a page
that contains applets and other embedded objects accessible.
The main thing you want to be concerned about is that your page
still "works" even if none of the applets or objects work. For
example, if the user doesn't have a Java plug-in and you use some
kind of Java applet, does your page still work? With this in mind,
sites that use Java applets for navigation or scrolling text should
provide some text equivalent so that users without the Java applets,
or with browsers that don't display the applet, can still work. If
your site doesn't work without the applets, then consider
making an alternative page with the same information.
(Note: This meets a "priority 1" checkpoint:
6.3 - Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other
programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not
possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative
accessible page.)
If you have a Java Applet in your page, click on the applet and
go into HTML view. You will see a line of code that starts with
"<applet ...>." You should define an alternative description inside
this code (similar to what we've done with images):
<applet ... alt="This applet does such-and-such.">
For other objects, you can use the same techniques described in
last month's article to provide alternative text, images, or links
inside of the HTML code. These include textual and ALT descriptions,
translating your media, or using directly accessible objects or
applets.
Next month, we'll look at color and how to avoid hurting your web
site with your use of color.
Next: All About Color
Contributors
Corrie Haffly:
Corrie is the author of the Accessibility series, which appeared
in the PixelMill Newsletter. Though you may not know her name,
Corrie has become one of the top experts in the FrontPage Template
industry. You may know her work better under the name John Galt's
Templates. See Corrie's stunning products today!
John Galt's Templates
John Galt's Tools, PixelMill Newsletter, Volume 2 - Issue 10 : 10/01/2002
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