RE: usability testing notes - RE: WSTF Agenda for 25 October 2004

Hi, Sailesh,

Have you had a chance to look at the navigation since we changed it to
<ol>s? We will be discussing this on the upcoming Monday WSTF
teleconference and it would be great if you could join or send your
comments beforehand.

~ Shawn


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Lawton Henry [mailto:shawn@w3.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:39 PM
> To: 'Sailesh Panchang'; 'public-wai-eo-site@w3.org'
> Subject: RE: usability testing notes - RE: WSTF Agenda for 25 
> October 2004
> 
> 
> From: Sailesh Panchang [mailto:sailesh.panchang@deque.com] 
> (http://www.w3.org/2004/09/wai-nav/8-gr.html)
> Normally in other menus I have seen, the plus sign is a link 
> and so is the text adjacent to it. 
> Is selecting the plus link and the adjacent text link 
> supposed to produce the same effect? But on the WAI page 
> under discussion, the plus sign is part of the link. So I 
> wonder what is the purpose of the plus sign?To me it just 
> appears like a link and selecting it takes me to the next 
> level and so forth.
> 
> Shawn replies:
> In the current prototype, the plus sign and the text adjacent 
> to it do the exact same thing; thus, they are one link. The 
> plus sign is to indicate that there are "children" under that 
> node. So, it is working "correctly". However, we should 
> consider if it seems wrong because it is somewhat different 
> from some other implementations.
> 
> From: Sailesh Panchang [mailto:sailesh.panchang@deque.com] 
> Interestingly, WinEyes does not  announce the plus sign but 
> just reads the link.
> 
> Shawn replies:
> We should consider the impact of this.
> 
> Thanks for the comments!
> 
> ~ Shawn
>

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