- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:18:17 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- cc: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
I agree that this is a good technique. However it will only be valid for HTML
4.01 - before that the content model of MAP did not allow area elements and
block content in a map - it had to be one or the other.
Cheers,
Charles McCN
IJ wrote:
IJ: I recommend an additional technique for creating accessible
graphical and text image maps until user agents do this themselves:
- Most older user agents render MAP content but not AREA content. If
you
put both in today, the A elements will be rendered as text links and
the AREA elements will produce the graphical image map.
- Use "coords" on the A elements. User agents that support HTML 4.01
will
ignore the AREA elements when mixed with A elements. So in effect,
the A elements do all the work, which was the goal of this change in
HTML 4.0 to begin with: get rid of AREA.
(This is all described in HTML 4.01).
- Ian
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