- From: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:33:36 -0800 (PST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi, Len I just realized I forgot to mention why I was including the event handling stuff in the dynamic page generation. The key problem is that the event handling is done differently by the various browsers. Scott > Hi Scott, > > You talk at the end of your note about the potential benefit of dynamically > generating different versions of pages. Of the examples you gave the one > where the benefit is most obvious is the radio button vs. drop down list. > Radio buttons are more convenient in many situations for sighted people > (especially when there are a lot of ratings arranged table fashion) but in > a previous discussion on this list blind users pointed out the advantages > of dropdown lists while screenreading. And this isn't just a > hypothetical situation: I'm facing this exact situation right now while > advising some folks how to make an online survey. > > In the other examples though, you described solutions that didn't require > dynamic generation. Could you give additional examples in which the > advantages of different forms is more obvious? For example, a case where > text is laid out in a table, and is understandable when linearized, but > could be read more conveniently if not linearized? > > By the way, reading order is one situation where style sheet layout could > do the same thing as dynamic generation. To bad we can't count on that in > visual browsers at the moment. > > Len
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