- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 07:22:26 -0800
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
William, You are right. I took no umbrage from your comments. I do feel that this issue brings to question whether or not the guideline to NOT put text on navigational buttons is a matter of accessibility or of "pureness" in html design ... Anne At 07:18 PM 12/14/00 -0800, William Loughborough wrote: >Meanwhile if I want to kid Anne about whether arrows require more teaching >than "next" I will do so and she hasn't expressed any particular outrage or >taken any special exception to my behavior. The "proof" as to which (just >text, just arrow, text with picture of arrow, arrow with pop-up "tool tip", >or none of the above) is "better" is probably not even determinable. >Different strokes, and all that. To me a mouse is completely absurd >compared to a touch screen but the option isn't practically available. > >If it comes time to vote, I think an arrow with the word "next" on it is >OK. I think an arrow with a legend saying what's next is OK. I think a >plain arrow is OK. I think the word "next" by itself is OK. I think a ">" >is OK. I get used to the previously described icon (representing what in a >previous context took an image of a telephone with the word "winsock" under >it to represent) dialing the modem, or whatever it dials. > >That's why I mostly don't vote, because to me it doesn't make a lot of >difference. Bush/Gore is like icon/text - in the end one just adapts. > >In answer to the topmost question I guess I don't think "next" on arrows is >"necessary" in the sense that water is necessary. I'm certainly not saying >it's "required" and find that notion incredible, > >So if it's a three-part multiple choice question, I pick "what?". Do I win? >(the penalty for taking me to task is that you have to delete two copies of >this like I did because you neglected to realize that addressing it to me >and to GL gave me a "two delete" task. I spared Wendy and Anne that torture). > >-- >Love. > ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE > > Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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