- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:20:50 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Gregg Vanderheiden <po@trace.wisc.edu>
- cc: WAI HC Working Group <w3c-wai-hc@w3.org>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
in lynx, it is represented by "---------..." On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote: > > How is this for late in the game. > > > Recommendation. > > That TITLE be added to horizontal rule. > > RATIONALE: > Horizontal rules are used but their purpose is not always evident even to > sighted users. For people who cannot see the page layout, it can be even > more obscure. But the author put it there to signify something. > A TITLE on the HR would allow its function to be made known if it was not > obvious. For example, > "New Chapter", "Next Issue", "Next Guideline", "Next Topic" > > For people who can see, pointing to the HR with a mouse could cause a > tool-tip to pop up to show the meaning. > > For people using text browsers the TITLE could appear on a line by itself > or with some words along with it. Eg "Line indicating start of NEXT > GUIDELINE" > > This could also be used to indicate the presence of a toolbar . (can you > have a horizontal rule with zero width). People who are using screen > readers find it much easier to interpret a group of side by side words or > images that make up a toolbar if they know that is what to expect. > > > Thoughts > > Gregg > > > Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s touching the internet voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 poehlman@clark.net ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman
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