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RE: Accessibility Observations

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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Feb 26, 2002 8:12PM

With CSS positioning, the tab order will be the same as the reading (or
listening) order. I added some links to my test files so that you can
see how the tab order changes when the div tags are rearranged. (Note:
the links are dummy links that don't go anywhere.)

The div tags work fine in Internet Explorer and Opera. In Netscape (both
4.x and 6.x) the particular kind of style that I used in these files
causes the keyboard accessibility to fail. This is a Netscape bug which
has been around for a while. The truth is that Netscape has never been
very keyboard-friendly. Most people who depend upon keyboard use will be
using a non-Netscape browser.

Here are the links to the test files again:
http://www.webaim.org/paul/css-linearization
http://www.webaim.org/paul/css-linearization2

Paul Bohman
Technology Coordinator
WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
www.webaim.org
Center for Persons with Disabilities
www.cpd.usu.edu
Utah State University
www.usu.edu