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Posted by jake on 09/25/01 11:17
In message <429ae8b9$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, code_wrong
<tac@tac.ouch.co.uk> writes
>Hi,
>look at this site:
>http://www.mackie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/default.htm
>It is nice and simple .. the code is simple .. it uses frames
>why should we not use frames again?
>
Frames are OK -- but not as you have implemented them:
(a) The <noframes> section should not just have a:
"This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them."
It should be used to provide indexing information for any non-frames
capable or non-frames enabled browser, and to Search Engines.
(b) Your navigation frame is made up of images with no alternative text.
Any user relying on assistive technology (text-to-speech,
text-to-Braille, etc.) to access your system will 'see':
(i) At worst -- nothing
(ii) At best -- a list of the urls
i.e.
[www.mackie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/welcome.htm.]
[www.mackie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/about_backgrnd.htm.]
[www.mackie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/locationmain.htm.]
[news/default.htm.]
(29/04/2005)
[parguide/parguide.htm.]
[pta/index.htm.]
[schboard/default.htm.]
[www.mackie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/contact.htm.]
[www.mackie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/search.htm.][links/index.htm.]
each time that they try to use it.
'double-u double-u double-u dot mackee dot aberdeensher dot ess see
aitch dot yoo kay slash welcom dot aitch tee em
and so on, and so on.
(c) Your frame names and titles should contain meaningful entries. And
the frame should have some content that's available to AT users:
Users will know that there's a frame called 'New Page 1', but when they
go to it they'll just be told 'This frame is empty'.
* You may want to read up on the DDA.
regards.
--
Jake
(jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk .... just a spam trap.)
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