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Re: Links in context - or not?

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From: Wayne Dick
Date: Oct 31, 2008 10:45AM

I many ways I think this discussion is off point. You are
discussing accommodation. Accessibility standards are hard
enough to teach developers. I think asking them to code
accommodations into pages will be the place where they just
conclude that accessibility compliance is just too hard.

Regarding links: With a screen reader never bothers me
mid-sentence. Most sentences that include links are not literary
enough to require an uninterrupted flow of reading.

The key thing to emphasize lists of group similar links under
descriptive headings to enable heading navigation up to the
important list. That is an effective accessibility action that
really speeds up reading.

As far as underline is concerned, I like it. When I use my eyes
it is usually with a talking browser. I use my eyes to pick out
gross objects. The underlines make the links stand out. So, I
like it.
However, I am 100% sure you can find another person with partial
sight who will hate it. We all adapt differently.

My main hope is that I get an accessibility compliant page. I
have preferences on how to meet the standards, but I can do
something reasonable with compliant code. Which standard do you
use, 508, WCAG 1 or 2, other national or state laws the rely on
WCAG as a base... Most standards cover everything, WCAG 2 is the
easiest to read and implement. It doesn't matter. If the page
meets standards, assistive technology can to something
reasonable.

Wayne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Karlen Communications" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Links in context - or not?


> Agreed, as a person who uses JAWS I use the list of links, list
> of headings,
> List of form controls...anything that lets me get a better look
> at the
> "content" on the page without spending hours reading through
> the page. :-)
>
> Cheers, Karen
>
>