Accessible Dynamic Menus (was: Re: [w3c-wai-ig] <none>)

Dwight H. Barbour wrote:
> No Java, But it uses JavaScript.
> 
> Tested in Opera without JavaScript turned on and the menus do not work.
> 
> On Tue, 27 May 2003 19:17:47 -0500, "Section 508.US" <tagi11@cox.net>
> said:
> 
>>http://www.cookiecrook.com/bugtests/menus/menus.htm
>>

Alright, I get a chance to defend my own creation. First of all, what 
version of Opera are you using? Some implementations of that browser 
(Opera 5 and 6, specifically) are quite lacking in DOM compliancy but 
the menus work just fine in Opera 7 for Windows.

Also, the menus are designed for a site where accessing any of the top 
links will access a page that has all the sub-level links as the content 
of the page. Try the same files on one of the site servers. Access the 
top-level links (With or without JavaScript) and you'll see what I mean.

http://test.texasonline.state.tx.us/menutest/menus.htm

I set these up to not be reliant on either CSS or JavaScript. Without 
CSS, you get a full set of nested unordered lists. Without JavaScript 
(or with a sub-standard browser like Opera 6 or Netscape 4), you can 
still access the top-level links and get to the sub-level content from 
those pages.

There are still a few accessibility features yet to be implemented. For 
example, a "skip nav" link will be used, and perhaps some accesskey 
attributes for the top-level links. I also plan to add a "close 
sub-menu" feature that will be explained on the accessibility page of 
that site if these menus ever go live.

I intend to have an explanation page documenting all this when I finish 
them, but I'm not quite there yet. Please let me know if you have any 
more feedback on the example listed.

Cheers,
James Craig

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Received on Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:26:00 UTC