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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 5, 2010 5:36AM

Hi George

Dont understand the language but I get the drift
of it, works like the dummy one I set up on my
computer. I like it because I just hit my list
command, JAWS tells me it's a definition list and
one tab later tells me it is the main menu.


cheers

Geof
At 06:42 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote:
>Hi Geof,
>
>You could see an example at: www.acapo.pt (portuguese blind
>association).
>
>--jorge fernandes
>
>++início do rodapé
>Jorge Fernandes | <EMAIL REMOVED>
>UniversalAccess.blogspot.com
>
>
>On 5 Jan 2010, at 01:45, Geof Collis wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > I kind of like Georges' example and have put it
> > into practice on my local server, it works well
> > but I'm not very familiar with definition lists
> > and wonder if it is the proper use and
> > construction? Will it pass WCAG? The example I
> > cited a while back only said ul and ol were accepted.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Geof
> >
> >
> >
> > At 02:05 PM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> According to WCAG2.0 seems me that Geoff is right: hierarchy headings
> >> are to apply in main content of the page and not to navigation titles
> >> that surround it.
> >>
> >> But semantically, what is a navigation title?
> >>
> >> In a navigation scheme my thought is that we are semantically in
> >> presence of a definition term, where "main navigation" is the <dt>
> >> (definition term) and the options are the <dd> (definition data). So,
> >> something like:
> >>
> >> <dl>
> >> <dt>Main menu</dt>
> >> <dd>
> >> <ul>
> >> <li>option 1</li>
> >> <li>option n</li>
> >> </ul>
> >> </dd>
> >> </dl>
> >>
> >> In that way the user agent always "know" that are in "option n" of
> >> "main menu". This kind of semantic structure give context to the user
> >> agent.
> >>
> >> What do you think about this construct?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jorge Fernandes
> >>
> >> ++início do rodapé
> >> Jorge Fernandes | <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >> UniversalAccess.blogspot.com
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21 Dec 2009, at 21:06, Geof Collis wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Andrew
> >>>
> >>> I think the argument here is that my navigation are supposed to be
> >>> headings, but I dont see it that way, navigation is navigation and
> >>> then there is content. I dont see a need to use headings as I have
> >>> said before, all I have is bold text to signify that it is a mainn
> >>> navigation and categories, if I chose not to put any text then
> >>> there
> >>> would be no need to put headings at all.
> >>>
> >>> cheers
> >>>
> >>> Geof
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> At 03:59 PM 12/21/2009, you wrote:
> >>>> Geof,
> >>>> Maybe you already fixed it, but when I look at the code I see one
> >>>> <h1> and two <h2> elements, and in my book those count as headings.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> AWK
> >>>>
> >>>> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> >>>>
> >>>> Senior Product Manager, Accessibility
> >>>>
> >>>> Adobe Systems
> >>>>
> >>>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>