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Re: Mailing list archives: feeback requested on proposedimprovements (2: view)

From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:34:27 -0500 (EST)
To: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
cc: Dominique Hazaël-Massieux <dom@w3.org>, Ian Jacobs <ian@w3.org>, <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0203280932520.722-100000@tux.w3.org>
Specifically because it is the only element whose semantics are "this is a
collection o links" - rather than just "this is a collection of stuff, and at
the same time has a content model that allows it to be a collection of more
or less any kind of links - either those pointed to by an img or object
element as a map for the links associated with the rendered object, or on
their own.

Chaals

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Steven Pemberton wrote:

  > > 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



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