- From: Julia Collins <julia@we3.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:10:04 +0100
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hello I am testing a 3 column site that has been set up with css controlled divs, with the code arranged in a logical order, so you get the navs (with a skip navs link), then the content. There is a text only version that renders the site in this way, which is easy to access with a screen reader. But we know that we shouldn't rely on that However, the testers I have been working with say that both HAL and JAWS read the graphical version horizontally, as it appears on the screen, rather than, as it were, vertically as it appears in the the code, so you hear (eg): <leftdiv> line one </leftdiv> <centrediv> line one </centrediv> <rightdiv>line one</rightdiv> then: <leftdiv> line two</leftdiv> <centrediv> line two</centrediv> <rightdiv>line two</rightdiv> rather than <leftdiv>entire content</leftdiv> <centrediv>entire content</centrediv> <rightdiv>entire content</rightdiv> Which is what was intended. if there is an image starting on a line, you get the alt text joining into the mix. As you can appreciate, this rather defeats the purpose..... and is extremely annoying. Anyone know why, what I am doing wrong, or if the testers (all seasoned screen reader users) need to adjust their settings (which can't be right, surely). Thanks Julia ----- we3 ----- design print web ----- 16 Cobden Road Brighton BN2 9TL Tel 0777 3090093
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