On Jan 9, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

>> These two essentially are the same. I am assuming the menu is
>> controlled by a javascript, best practise is to use the  absolute
>> positioning to control submenu and use the toogle or mouseover to
>> trigger the sub-level.
> 
> I'm not sure this is considered best practice as keyboard users would have
> to go through all the links in the menu before reaching the last one.

I am a die-hard superfish menu fan :)

Fully aware of the argument. IMHO, this issue is like chicken and egg which 
comes first tiring and constantly on-going debate, which I have long given up 
:-)  

IMHO, this is a fundamental issue that should be fixed by the browser (with 
arrow keys, and with combination of ARIA perhaps?) that allow satisfying both, 
not by one school of developers who strongly believe in his way is better (who 
are you to dictate I wouldn't want to tab through all links and block me from 
accessing all the sub-links! Damn! Talk about freedom of accessibility!), and 
another school of developers believing her way is better (and who are you to 
dictate me to tab through all  links - I may not want to do that 6 days in a 
row, but on Sunday I  want the choice to be able to tab through all links just 
because it's a god-given fundamental right).

Having said that, I re-word my sentence: One of the best practises, and me, as 
a Superfish Menu fan thinks, is to use the absolute positioning to control 
submenu.....

tee




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