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From: Peter Weil
Date: Jun 1, 2009 8:00AM

On May 29, 2009, at 1:48 PM, John Foliot wrote:

>> So once upon a time, if anyone mentioned accesskeys.... (hi old
>> timers!)
>
> DROPDOWN MENUS:
>
> Dropdown or fly-out menus are tricky in that they can pose multiple
> types
> of access barriers when used indiscriminately. The issues can be:
[snip]


Thanks John and Al for your answers. This gives us a lot of food for
thought. I think we'll try to shy away from trying any sort of multi-
level, drawer-type menus and stick with more simple dropdowns. A
little javascript doesn't necessarily bother me, as long as we create
something that degrades gracefully when javascript is disabled. And
the newer css properties (e.g., transitions) certainly offer a lot of
promise.

Does either of you (or anyone else) have an opinion on whether it's
better to have menus activated on rollover or by clicking a link? I
personally have always found most rollover menus to be obtrusive and
annoying, because they open up if you accidentally move the pointer
over the link, and then they often don't go away very quickly.

Thanks, Peter


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