separated by pipes, but
screen-readers will see it as a list.
Cheers
Justin McGuire
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Offenstein
Sent: Sunday, 28 September 2008 1:40 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible menu lists
Hi,
Early screen-readers were not very good at differentiating links and would
run together the text of two adjacent links so it was necessary to use a
separator character.
The vertical line (pipe) became the preferred character to separate
adjacent links because, whilst it is quite verbose -
Hello all
I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this via Google - is it best
practice to use something like the pipe character ( | ) to separate links in
a menu so that screenreader software pauses between the list items? Any
recommended articles dealing with accessible menus in general?
How about a list of links? If you want a separator, use some CSS styles.
But for what you are asking, you are probably looking for an ul list.
Regards,
Svip
2008/9/27 Daisy Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all
I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this via Google - is it best
practice
Agree with the list of links, and use a CSS border for a separator.
I have no evidence for you, but it sure seems to me that a pipe character
would be the opposite of best practice.
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Svip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about a list of links? If you want a
I use those sometimes if theres a load of dynamic links in the footer
but never as the primary navigation bar. It would probably be torture
for someone using a screen reader. Use a list with the border if you can.
Hello all
I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this via
2008/9/27 Daisy Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all
I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this via Google - is it best
practice to
use something like the pipe character ( | ) to separate links in
a menu so that screenreader software pauses between the list items? Any
recommended
Hello all
I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this via Google - is it
best practice to use something like the pipe character ( | ) to
separate links in
a menu so that screenreader software pauses between the list items?
Any recommended articles dealing with accessible menus in
