- From: Larry G. Hull <Larry.G.Hull@gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:48:03 -0400
- To: Rebecca Cox <rebecca@cwa.co.nz>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi Rebecca, I also like the technique but have encountered a problem. The example works fine in Netscape 4.74 but fails in IE 5.0 and 5.5 and I've no idea why. Perhaps someone see a reason that accounts for the difference? I'm using: <OBJECT data="navbar1.gif" type="image/gif" usemap="#map1"> <MAP name="map1"> <P>Navigate the site. [<A href="guide.html" shape="rect" coords="0,0,118,28">Access Guide</A>] [<A href="shortcut.html" shape="rect" coords="118,0,184,28">Go</A>] [<A href="search.html" shape="circle" coords="184.200,60">Search</A>] [<A href="top10.html" shape="poly" coords="276,0,276,28,100,200,50,50,276,0"> Top Ten</A>] </MAP> </OBJECT> Larry At 9:53 AM +1200 5/25/01, Rebecca Cox wrote: >HI all, > >I've got two questions to ask, so will send a couple of emails. > >Regarding image maps and "alt" text & "redundant text links" > >I've been having a look at the technique outlined at > >http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/ > >under "7.4.2 Redundant text links for client-side image maps" > >(where it has an example using object & A to code the imagemap and its links) > >I tried this example code, and when you turn images off in the >browser, you get text links, which is great, and will fulfill the >needs of those not using images. > >I would think that "best practice" would be to still put actual text >links on the page somewhere as well, for anyone who surfs with >images on, but can't see well enough to see the image clearly. > >Opinions would be appreciated! > >Cheers > >Rebecca
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