Sent by Joe Clark on 25 October 2002 22:10
>I assume that in accessibility terms using an IFRAME is almost as
>big a no no as using frames on a site.
Heavens, no.
Everything between <iframe></iframe> is the alternate text or other
content should the iframe src be unavailable. You can even put a
longdesc on an iframe, though heavens knows why you would. (longdesc
on frame and iframe is another one of those kooky WAI shibboleths--
they deride, ignore, and impede graphic design on the Web everywhere
else but expect you to describe the graphic design of frame and
iframe.)
You can thus place a Flash advertisement in the src attribute and an
ordinary GIF with possible added plain-text copy inside the
<iframe></iframe>. It's really great, actually.
It's known that IE on Windows pukes on some iframes, however. I get
complaints when I use them, for example. But there's nothing wrong
with them.
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