- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:17:32 -0500
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- CC: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>, Dominique Hazaël-Massieux <dom@w3.org>, Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>, Ian Jacobs <ian@w3.org>, WAI Cross-group list <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Al Gilman wrote:
> At 08:39 AM 2002-03-28 , Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>
>>I will take an action to raise this again as an issue in WCAG.
>>
>>
>
> Please don't do that. I am checking with the leadership of the WCAG on this point.
> See the WAI CG archives.
>
> Ian did a good job of recapping the rationale.
>
> What I would like you to do, however, is give us an update
> on user agent implementation on skipping MAP.
>With links to backups.
I note that the skip-MAP technique is still part of
the UAAG 1.0 techniques [1]:
(see technique 11):
1. In HTML, the MAP element may be used to mark up a navigation
bar (even when there is no associated image). Thus, users might ask
that MAP elements not be rendered in order to hide links inside the
MAP element. User agents might allow users to hide MAP elements
selectively. For example, hide any MAP element with a "title"
attribute specified. Note: Starting in HTML 4, the MAP element
allows block content, not just AREA elements.
This is not a requirement of UAAG 1.0, but suggested as a
functionality as part of providing structured navigation.
I don't have any data about whether this is implemented.
I suspect that it is not.
_ Ian
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG10-TECHS/guidelines#tech-nav-structure
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