- From: Fitzgerald, Jimmie <Jimmie.Fitzgerald@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:25:19 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Server side image maps do not contain actual link information within the browser. The areas are defined by coordinates and these coordinates are passed to the server when clicked. Then, the server identifies what to do (where to go) for those coordinates. So, a screen reader program can't pick up anything since it isn't there in the first place. Client-side is the preferred solution and is easy to do. The redundant text links for server-side maps actually are not redundant since the image in the browser contains no links. If you use a server-side map, the 1.2 guideline requires links separate from the image which allows persons to skip the map alltogether. Hope this helps. Jim Fitzgerald -----Original Message----- From: Frank Gaine [mailto:fgaine@frontend.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:15 PM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Guideline 1.2 Hi All, I'm new to this interest group and I don't know if you've covered the following at sometime in the past but here goes anyway. I would like to ask a question in relation to Guideline 1.2 - it sets out that redundant text links should be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. What specific difficulties do server-side image maps present for screen readers and text only browsers? Does 'redundant text links' mean completely seperate (duplicate in fact) hypertext links? Thank You Frank -------------------------------------------- Frontend ~ Usability Engineering & Interface Design http://www.frontend.com 40 Westland Row Dublin 2 Republic of Ireland tel: +353 1 2411 600 fax: +353 1 2411 601 16 Mountford House 25 Britton Street London EC1M 5NY Tel: +44 207 6082971 Fax: +44 797 4151362 --------------------------------------------
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