- From: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:16:56 -0400
- To: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>, "Jeffrey pledger" <jpledger@mindspring.com>
- Cc: "Accessibility Listserve" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Take the case of user with good vision but poor motor skills. He would quite likely navigate the a page with the tab key. When he has the image/link under discussion selected, should it not trigger the visual effect (via onFocus)? onMouseOver doesn't cut it for this case! I don't think onKeyPress does it either. > What is the benfit of having the picture in the first place? A highlight > provides a cue (in this case visual only) as to what is the active part of > the page. Some people cannot use a mouse effectively, but still > benefit from > the visual cue. > Charles McCN > > On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Jeffrey pledger wrote: >> Charles, >> i am a litel confused here. Our mouseover movements don't trigger any >> other actions, e.g. pop-up windows, etc. they just draw a picture to be >> associated with the link. what would be the benefit of having >> a keyboard >> shortcut to doing this? can you help clear this up for me so I >> understand this better. Thanks. >> jeffrey Pledger
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