applet elements HTML and XHTML Documents that load Java applets where applet is not deprecated.
This technique relates to:
This technique is not supported well by assistive technologies. The HTML specification explains that text alternatives for applets are to be displayed when the element cannot be rendered. Therefore, text alternatives that are included in the body of applet elements may not be available to users unless the user agent either does not support or has been configured not to render applets.
IE 6 for Windows and Firefox 1.5 and Opera 9 on Windows treat alternative text for the applet element differently. IE will display the body text of the applet element and not the alt attribute. Firefox and Opera will display the alt attribute but not the body text.
Provide a text alternative for an applet by using the alt attribute to label an applet and providing the text alternative in the body of the applet element. In this technique, both mechanisms are required due to the varying support of the alt attribute and applet body text by user agents.
Example Code:
<applet code="tictactoe.class" width="250" height="250" alt="tic-tac-toe game">
tic-tac-toe game
</applet> View the source code of the applet element
Check that the applet element contains an alt attribute with a text alternative for the applet
Check that the applet element contains a text alternative for the applet in the body of the applet element
Checks #2 and #3 are true.
If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.