Steve, You mentioned that lightbox implementations are not accessible in that JAWs does not read any of the displayed content.... I see this as a real problem as the "new approach" to displaying images etc has been to use lightbox or something similar.
Joe, it would be good to know whether setting focus makes a difference to JAWs. Anyone else got any ideas? I agree popups (in the traditional target=blah) is an approach that should not be used for many reasons. So how do we tell screenreaders a) to ignore the lightbox javascript and follow the href, OR b) that new content is being displayed? A great conversation this one. Will it end? ~ brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] Compliant pop ups Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote: > You're right, many people do request them, but this is typically based > on past experience and believing that a popup is the only solution. > As the developer, its your job to either a) do what ever the client > wants, including using popups, or b) advise them of the pitfalls of > the technique. From the other replies on this thread it would appear that, though there are pitfalls with the pop-up, its not clear that there is an adequate alternative. Is there more lateral thinking required here? It seems like the cleverer you get with your techniques the more potential hoops there are to jump through. If its hard to find an answer, maybe I'm asking the wrong question. Should the question be: 'Do you have an accessible solution that satisfies all or most of the requirements that are met by the use of a pop-up in a given situation'? Kind Regards -- Chris Price Choctaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.choctaw.co.uk Tel. 01524 825 245 Mob. 0777 451 4488 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder while excellence is in the hand of the professional ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -+- Sent on behalf of Choctaw Media Ltd -+- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
