- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 16:27:09 -0400
- To: "Bruce Bailey" <bbailey@clark.net>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, <jpledger@mindspring.com>
- Cc: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>, "Marjolein Katsma" <access@javawoman.com>
At 03:00 PM 4/7/00 -0400, Bruce Bailey wrote: >Having ranted, let me attempt amends by attempting a summary: >As a matter of actual practice, one could (and should) duplicate onMouseOver >attribute content with onFocus (TABINDEX might have to be added too). >Anyone who complains about their code becoming invalid should be excused >from this requirement. > >Len -- how about adding this to the WAVE? Sure this would be easy... it's on the to do list... but it brings up another question. With current screenreaders, does it do the users benefit from this. For example, take http://www.att.com As you mouseover items on a menu, another image changes to show some more info. And, bless them, their javascript also changes the alt text of that other image. Are screenreaders going to show this changed alt text in the other image? Also, what if a mouseover changes the image it was on. What does the screenreader read when it the image gets focus? the original alt text or the changed alt text? Len -- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Department of Electrical Engineering Temple University 423 Ritter Annex, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday (215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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