I use keyboard controls a lot too, and generally regard the use of tabindex as a sign that a site was not designed properly in the first place. It causes a number of problems such as being unable to predict where the focus is going to go next. How can the designer predict what the user will want to do except in really trivial cases such as Google's home page?
It can be utterly baffling for screen reader users because the sequence of elements is different in 'forms' mode (where tabindex is followed) and 'virtual cursor' mode (where it cannot be followed). I saw this recently in a user test on a site that sadly has to remain nameless because we are under an NDA (it only went live this year and they didn't fix it). Can you provide any examples of sites that use tabindex well? Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rogier Schoenmaker Sent: 24 October 2007 20:51 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Title attribute and screen readers Personally, I often still use the keyboard because I'm fast with it. And I really like good tabindexes. Why do you think they are useless? Regards, Rogier. On 24/10/2007, Tee G. Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > > > So it's concluded that title attribute is as useless as tabindex and > > accesskey and therefor shouldn't be used at all? > > > > Need acknowledge by your accessible mastero :) > > > > Need acknowledge "from" your accessible mastero :-) tee > Great addition Tee, not everybody is a native english speaker :) > > ******************************************************************* > 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] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
