From: "Colin Meerveld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I' am building an accessible horizontal menu. I have some problems
with tabbing the menu. I tested the menu in IE 6.0, Firefox 1.05 and
opera 8.0. IE and Opera doesn't support it at all and firefox only
with javascript. It does navigate to the menu but the menu doesn't
expand. It looks like CSS focus works different when you use the
tab. In
javascript onfocus and onblur works only in firefox. I like to have
some
feedback tested the menu with other browsers and perhaps some tips
and
tricks to solve this.
In terms of accessibility and usability - being able to tab through
all levels is sometimes not desirable. Sometimes it's best to think of
these kinds of menus as nifty convenience tools for normal mouse
surfers - but in the context of an overall accessible design
Other things I also have to solve are:
Work in IE without Javascript
Sometimes this is good - sometimes it's not necessary.
Submenu's (now only work in Firefox and IE but don't expand menu by
tabbing)
IE comment hack without <comment></comment> probable solved when IE
works without JS
You can find the menu here:
http://www.sportfotografen.nl/accessibility/projects/semantic/menu.html
Although this article relates to our menu system, you might find some
valuable points:
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/accessibility/pop_integrated/index.htm
Hope it helps.
Al Sparber
PVII
http://www.projectseven.com
"Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling
mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that
repairs are scheduled for next Tuesday".
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