;-)
>I'm bringing this over from CF-Talk since it's mostly OT and I'm satisfying
>a curiosity.
>
>Can you tell me if you can scroll the page in IE with your keyboard?
>http://www.section508.gov
>
>I can't but a coworker can. We're both running the same version of IE.
>
>-Kevin
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:58 PM
>Subject: Re: Section 508
>
>
>> <cf_darth>
>> The irony is strong in this one.
>> </cf_darth>
>>
>> Two things to note:
>>
>> 1. It's caused by the unnecessary "overflow: auto" on the body in their
>CSS.
>> 2. Even though it may cause an accessibility problem, it's not technically
>> broken by 508 guidelines. Nothing in 508 requires support for keyboard
>> navigation.
>>
>> -Kevin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:39 PM
>> Subject: RE: Section 508
>>
>>
>> > Being from the UK, I had no idea what Section 508 stood for so a quick
>> > google took me to the Section508.gov site.... so now I know
>> >
>> > Now I like to scoll down pages using the keyboard either with the
>up/down
>> > arrows or the page up/down keys.... Is it just me or do they not work on
>> > this site???? Mouse based scrolling works a treat!
>> >
>> > I've verified this to be the case on two separate installations of IE
>and
>> > also checked the same instances of IE on other web-sites... Keyboard
>> > navigation is working fine..... This does not bode well for an
>> accessibility
>> > focused web-site!!! Incidentally, tabbing through links on the site
>works
>> > fine...
>> >
>> > The summary breakdown of the standards can be found here....
>> >
>> > http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content
>> > <http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=11> &ID=11
>> >
>> > Hope you have a wheel mouse!
>> >
>> > Further links can be found here....
>> >
>> > http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content
>> > <http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=131> &ID=131
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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