Re: [MACCAWS] XHTML and ASP.NET

Anyone know how asp.net copes with the requirements of WAI and Bobby type 
accessibility? If it shoves in a load of Javascript that'll be a problem 
for one.

John

At 11:52 11/09/02 +0100, you wrote:

>At 10:43 11/09/2002 +0000, tgmcmillen wrote:
> >So if you are approching anyone who uses ASP.Net, it may not be
> >technically possible for them to code to the latest standards.
> >Microsoft have written ASP.Net to enable a page to be displayed so
> >that is looks the same on all clients - but in the process have thrown
> >away any chance of writing something with a DOCTYPE at the top of the
> >page. In one way it's very clever, but by not giving an option to
> >procuce consistent output code it's also very very stupid.
> >
> >As it's from MS though, why am I not surprised it's impossible to
> >write stuff to open standards?
>
>I noticed this issue the other day while reading through the ASP.NET
>quickstart guides. The most worrying thing I saw was ASP.NET's automatic
>inclusion of javascript:_weirdstuff() links to enable "postbacks", which
>reload the page with slightly different contents when you click a link.
>
>All in all, ASP.NET looks like a pretty serious problem for us web
>standards enthusiasts. This is a big issue, and one that in my opinion
>would be best tackled by an organised united front from organisations like
>MACCAWS and WaSP. Microsoft are unlikely to alter their new keystone
>technology lightly.
>
>Regards,
>
>Simon Willison
>
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