Re: Seeking guidance...

Hmm. I'm going to discuss this in the Web Content Guidelines group, becuase
it raises some interesting issues that I think that group should consider.

(In other words before I answer I'd like to toss his around a few other
people...)

Charles McCN

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Crystal Allen wrote:

  Charles,
  
  Thanks for the useful info.
  
  Expanding my question into an area where my knowledge is limited, is it
  possible to make pop-up menus that are generated by a mouseover accessible?
  An example is the main menu at http://webaim.org (accessibility note: though
  the pop-up menus on this page may not be directly accessible, an equivalent
  to the menus is provided in the form of a submenu on each page).  Is there a
  way to make the pop-up menu directly accessible so that an alternative
  (submenu) does not need to be provided?
  
  Thanks,
  Crystal Allen
  
  
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>
  To: "Crystal Allen" <crystal@cpd2.usu.edu>
  Cc: "Melinda Morris-Black" <melinda@ink.org>; "Accessibility Listserve"
  <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
  Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 12:27 PM
  Subject: Re: Seeking guidance...
  
  
  > Making HTML 4 mouseover effects accessible to keyboard users is pretty
  > trivial - add an onfocus/onblur to each element that matches the
  > onmouseover/onmouseout.
  >
  > Making the effects accessible is more complex. It is still important not
  to
  > rely on the effects of scripts for providing people with important
  > functionality, but there are a couple of thigs you can do. THe goal would
  be
  > to ensure that the alternative content provided for an image was updated
  at
  > the same time as the image was changed by a mouseover. There are other
  uses
  > where there is only "accessible" content being affected in the first
  place,
  > and in that case the important thing is that the user know what is going
  to
  > happen, rather than beng surprised by the way a page works benig changed
  > seemingly arbitrarily. Although many blind users do not use a mouse, most
  > computers have them , and particularly in the case of touch-pad mice such
  as
  > are ommon on laptops, the user may not know where the mouse is. (Or they
  may
  > have been using mousekeys, and know precisely where it is...)
  >
  > Sorry that this is only a partial answer for the moment.
  >
  > regards
  >
  > Charles McCN
  >
  > On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Crystal Allen wrote:
  >
  >   Is there a way to make mouseovers accessible?  If anyone could enlighten
  me
  >   with a technique to do this it would be much appreciated.
  >
  >   Crystal Allen
  >
  >
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: "Melinda Morris-Black" <melinda@ink.org>
  >   To: "Accessibility Listserve" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
  >   Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:13 AM
  >   Subject: Seeking guidance...
  >
  >
  >   > The issues surrounding inclusion of Javascript and accessibility are a
  >   > little confusing. I'm looking to the list for clarification. What
  >   > types/elements of scripts seem to be at issue? I know mouseovers are
  >   > accessible if tagged correctly. However, I've heard negative feedback
  >   > related to using Javascript forms. Any info on this subject is greatly
  >   > appreciated.
  >   >
  >   > I've included a specific example of a script I'm checking for
  >   > accessibility. It generates a rotating list of links on the home page.
  >   >
  >   > http://www.state.ct.us/
  >   >
  >   > Any feedback related to the accessibility is welcome.
  >   >
  >   > --
  >   > Regards,
  >   >
  >   > Melinda Morris-Black
  >   > melinda@ink.org
  >   >
  >   >
  >
  >
  > --
  > Charles McCathieNevile    mailto:charles@w3.org    phone: +61 (0) 409 134
  136
  > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
  http://www.w3.org/WAI
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  >
  

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Charles McCathieNevile    mailto:charles@w3.org    phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative                      http://www.w3.org/WAI
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