VoiceOver in the wild... hmmm
I just wanted to throw out there that Safari seems to behave
differently on different sites. Sometimes differently on the same
sight. When reviewing Alastair's site I got a couple different
results. Changing the options in navigation for the VO utility will
drastically alter the behavior. Seemed like vertical linear reading
occured with the grouping option off, but it was horizontal -
vertical with grouping on.
Some of this is a result of visual formatting going the direction
of vertical - horizontal in order. As an example of what I'm talking
about. Japanese is read top to bottom, then right to left. I would
call this vertical - horizontal formatting. In English we read and
write left to right, then top to bottom. I would call this
horizontal - vertical formatting. It would make sense to try to
identify a format that is better for the blind and low vision user.
Does WC3 have a recommendation? Or Bobby?
I don't think it is the responsibility of the application to present
all web pages in a universal way, since that would obligate them to
review all web pages out there (an impossible task) and change
accordingly. I think the best way to go is to seek a preferred
method and then the user will decide with their feet, or letters to
adjust accordingly.
Lord knows I just checked my non-profit site: and was a little
shamed by the lack of tags. www.ottumwateencenter.org
And www.drudgeReport.com works really well vertically with grouping
on... I can't make sense of it...
Sean Richards Tikkun
President - Iowa Chapter
Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and
Visually Impaired
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