- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:12:22 -0600
- To: sdale@stevendale.com
- Cc: andrew_kirkpatrick@wgbh.org, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
There is a beta version available of a free IE extension that will provide lists of the following information in dialog boxes: 1. Links (Alt-F12) 2. Headers (Alt-F11) 3. Accesskeys (Alt-F9) 4. Links in MAP elements (links defined with either AREA or A elements) (Alt-F10) 5. Configuration (Alt-F8) More information and download at: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/software/ieaccessible/ Jon ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:36:29 -0500 (EST) >From: "Steven Dale" <sdale@stevendale.com> >Subject: Can User Agents adopt the lists that screen readers so eleqently do? >To: <sdale@stevendale.com> >Cc: <andrew_kirkpatrick@wgbh.org>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > > >Steven Dale said: >> Andrew Kirkpatrick said: >>> Ideally, users or people who are in a position to help should try >>> different solutions. >> VERY TRUE! >> >> Hopefully they will work -- a good user agent >>> would be a lot easier than dealing with sites with no skip links. If >>> you >>> consider the number of designers that are not willing to put in a >>> single visible skip link, let alone several, I have a difficult time >>> believing that skip links are the solution you hope they are. >>> >>> AWK >> >> Possibly... But designers dont use Headings and continue to use styles >> to change the heading text which makes user agents unable know what is >> symantically a heading and what is just styled text. >> >> I would hope that, through effective website designing (including >> skipping of and to certain areas of content) AND user agents that can >> truly handle multiple modes of input/output, web accessiblity would be >> taken for granted. I am not arguing against better UAs, I am arguing >> for better website design to complement better UAs. >> >> -Steve > >Actually, I wonder if User Agents could offer a list of links/headings >with the capability of setting the focus to a selected link/header in the >list? Similar to screen readers but in a side window? This would aleviate >the need for designers to code skip links or even some menus and just (or >almost) mark up the page with content, headings, and links to other pages. > Images would be under content in this scenerio ( I am not mentioning >about changing this part ) But, what about adding a capability to list >images/figures too? As in a printed document with a table of figures. > >-Steve > > > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services MC-574 College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/ WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund
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