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LYNX-DEV Re: Lynx question: frames and <object>
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Al Gilman |
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LYNX-DEV Re: Lynx question: frames and <object> |
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Mon, 23 Mar 1998 08:41:08 -0500 (EST) |
Lynx displays both the frames as links and the contents of the
<NOFRAMES> section. Given that competently done <NOFRAMES>
sections are in the minority, and not syntactically verifiable
to be such, it is probably best that Lynx continue to do this.
And no, sorry, there is no <OBJECT> support, yet.
Check out the recent discussions on the WAI Interest Group
mailing list <http://www.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/> and
keep an eye out for when the minutes from the meeting this past
weekend get posted. Frames are still a hot topic in both the
Page Author and Browser guidelines groups.
Al
Richard Caloggero wrote to me instead of the list:
>
> I want to build a <noframes> sections into a webpage which is
> mostly used to access several databases. The most anoying thing
> about the setup, in terms of access for the blind, is the use of frames
> as a navigation mechanism. The front page looks kind of like this:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <base href = "http://demo.vsamass.org/main.html";>
> <title> Very Special Arts Massachusetts EchoCommunity </title>
> </head>
> <frameset rows="65,*" frameborder=0 framemargin=0 framespacing=0 border=0
> noresize>
> <frame src="top.html" framemargin=0 frameborder=0 border=0 noresize
> name="topframe" scrolling="no">
> <frame src="/home.nsf/all/1?OpenView" frameborder=0 framemargin=0 border=0
> noresize name="centerframe">
> <noframes>
> <!-- First, lynx executes the noframes body OK, but still insistst on
> generating the links for the two frames. Is there a way to make it
> totally ignore them and just do what I tell it in the <noframes> body?
> In other words, it still displays the highlighted clickable "frame
> topframe" and "frame centerframe" text before rendering the stuff
> below. I don't wanna hear about it..! :-) -->
> <object data = "./welcome.html" >
> <!-- Second question: I want to use the same source for the frames and
> noframes versions. Thus, I want to include the same documents which
> would be included and redered via the frame declarations above ausing
> the <object> tag. Lynx won't do it. I really don't want to have to
> maintain a totally separate text-only version. Any suggestions? -->
>
> Lynx won't deal with inclusion of "welcome.html", so body of that
> document goes here...
> Any way around this?
> </object>
>
> <object data = "top.html">
>
> <!-- Since "top.html" uses tables to lay out navigational links in a
> way which looks nice across the top of the screen, maybe its better to
> use a list as below. This data won't change very much, so may not be
> too bad to maintain separately if it makes things clearer for blind
> folks. -->
> <ul>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/AboutUs.nsf/All/1?OpenDocument"; >
> About Us
> </a>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/email.nsf/Form1?openform"; >
> E-Mail
> </a>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/SignInApproval.nsf/newmember?Openform"; >
> Sing In
> </a>
> <li>
> <a href="sitemap.html" >
> Connections
> </a>
>
>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/Directory.nsf?opendatabase"; >
> Directory
> </a>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/Events.nsf?opendatabase"; >
> Events
> </a>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/Articles.nsf?OpenDatabase"; >
> Articles
> </a>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/Forum.nsf?OpenDatabase"; >
> Forum
> </a>
> <li>
> <a href="http://demo.vsamass.org/Gallery.nsf?OpenDatabase"; >
> Gallery
> </a>
> </ul>
>
> </object>
>
> </noframes>
> </frameset>
> </html>
>
>
> Sorry for the length of this.
>
> Thanx for any assistance!
>
> Rich
>
> -- Rich
> address@hidden
>
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