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Re: Accessible drop-down menus

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From: Peter Weil
Date: Jun 11, 2009 9:15AM

On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:47 PM, Al Sparber wrote:

>
> Use a JavaScript-based menu. There are several out there. It's
> usually best
> to stay away from drop downs that are operated purely with CSS. If you
> search this list's archive for your subject you should come up with
> several
> lengthy discussions.
>

I wonder whether someone could comment on the dropdown menus used on
the University of Colorado site (the home page menus differ a bit from
the secondary level pages. Some colleagues have cited these as a
possible model for us, mentioning how the home page menus are "content
rich" (meaning the graphics, I guess). I'm not sure I care for the
comma-separated lists of links on the home page menus, but are there
other obvious accessibility or usability problems that others can spot?

http://colorado.edu/

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