The noscript tag is actually pretty sneaky.  It looks like a command to
browsers to display this content if you don't understand scripts.
Actually, it is a command to ignore this if you do understand scripts.
After all, how would a browser that didn't understand a script know to
have a command about something that doesn't exist?

So, what happens is that an older browser, rendering the page will see a
meaningless tag, and will ignore it, rendering all of the content that
follows the noscript tag.  A browser that understands scripts will see
this tag, say "That stuff isn't for me" and jump down to the /noscript
tag, and begin rendering again.

Knowing that behavior, you should be able to figure out how to set up
your page to do whatever you want it to do.

Denis Anson, MS, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
College Misericordia
301 Lake St.
Dallas, PA 18612


-----Original Message-----
From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:22 PM
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Subject: java apps and noscript command

Does anyone know if the html "noscript" tag can be used on Web pages
with
java applications as well as java script in directing screenreader users
to
an alternate page.  Also, does a screenreader user need to initiate any
particular settings in their browser for the "noscript" tag to be
effective.  Thanks in advance.



Howard Kramer
Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator
Disability Services
CU-Boulder, Campus Box 107
Boulder, Co  80309
303-492-8672