Kynn's Take on "Pure CSS Pulldown Menus"

Yesterday, Mike Burks of The International Center for Disability 
Resources
on the Internet wrote me to ask about "pure CSS" menus, which have 
lately
been promoted on Webreference (according to Mike's email) and other 
sites
(DesignMe, Eric Meyer, evolt, Inigo Surguy, etc etc etc).  Are these
accessible, Mike asked, and if so, should he implement them on the ICDRI
site?

I wrrote Mike a private reply, and he suggested that I make it public,
given recent discussions on the Web Accessibility Initiative's interest
group mailing list.  You can read that reply on the Maccessibility site:

http://www.maccessibility.com/archive/000592.php

In summary, however:

a) Poor usability.  (b) Poor accessibility to people with cognitive
disabilities and people with dexterity disabilities. (c) Poor 
accessibility
to keyboard navigation.  (d) Only reason for doing this is because the
designer can do it.

Enjoy!

--Kynn

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Received on Wednesday, 28 May 2003 15:22:45 UTC