Re: Request for site review

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>Dear Group,
>
>Please take at look at URL:
>http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/
>and provide me feedback (on or off the list as you see fit).
>
>Maryland's Online Public Information Network has rolled out a "new and
>improved" look to their site.  They are interested in keeping it
accessible.
>They use a whole bunch of (text-based) onMouseOver JavaScript.  I have
asked
>them to duplicate the onMouseOver content into onFocus tags, but based
on
>recent discussion, I don't expect that this currently helps screen
readers
>much and I know that it does nothing for Lynx users.  So, where do they
add
>the alternative content?  The SCRIPT definition is in the HEAD and
NOSCRIPT
>is valid ONLY in BODY!  In Sailor's case, this may not be necessary as
the
>sub-heading "pop-up" links duplicate those available by following the
main
>heading links.
>
>(1)  What can Sailor do to improve accessibility.
>(2)  Is the site, as is, WCAG P1 compliant or not?  If not, why not?
>(3)  Is their a general technique for making such "pop-up" links
accessible?
>(Or does one just ensure that said URLs are replicated elsewhere?)
>--
>Sincerely,
>Bruce Bailey
>webmaster for the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
Division of
>Rehabilitation Services (DORS)
>http://www.dors.state.md.us/
>410/554-9211
>

Received on Wednesday, 12 April 2000 17:42:53 UTC