- From: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:06:09 -0800 (PST)
- To: phoenixl@netcom.com, unagi69@concentric.net
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Hi, Observation: A blind person starting to use a new page can have an experience similar to entering an unknown room. In each case, the blind person has to kind of "grope" around to get a sense about what is there. The problem with this exploration is that they can miss things or give up too soon. Javascript approach: If the browser supports Javascript, have the web page designed for blind users assign a key to displaying an alert box listing the main semantic sections of the web page. At the very begining of the page there can be a brief note mentioning the key and describing its purpose. The advantage to using the key is that the blind user can be looking at any place on the page and just pop up the alert box without moving from the current location on the page. Non-javascript approach: If the browser does not support Javascript, have the web page designed for blind users list the page's key semantic sections at the beginning of the page. An advantage to putting the list at the beginning of the page is that the user knows where the location without needing to search through the page. Scott
Received on Wednesday, 15 March 2000 21:06:14 UTC