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From: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:42:30 +0100
Message-ID: <003301c1d63c$e2a48860$81f5a8c0@cwi.nl>
To: (wrong string) ėl-Massieux" <dom@w3.org>, "Ian Jacobs" <ian@w3.org>
Cc: <wai-xtech@w3.org> 
> > I don't get the idea of putting the navbar in a <map> (client side image
> > map). What's the point? What do you gain?

> This is for accessibility reason. See:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#group-bypass

Ooh I hadn't spotted this before. This is weird tag abuse. Can anyone
explain to me what the accessibility advantages are of using a client-side
image map not as a client-side image map, but as a container for links?

Why is it better than using a <p> or a <div>?

Steven Pemberton
Received on Thursday, 28 March 2002 04:42:19 GMT

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