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From: Liv Detrick
Date: Mar 19, 2010 11:09AM

Thanks for your responses! Would you recommend adding some sort of notation
about using Alt+Up Arrow to help navigate the menu if it uses the onChange
event? I do find that the page reloading with onChange is a pain,
especially on a slow connection. I guess this is where Ajax is supposed to
come in and refresh data displayed in the second dropdown menu without
refreshing the entire page. From what I've read, the problem is that a
screenreader would not recognize and alert the user to this change made with
Ajax, although I'm not sure if that issue applies in this context?

Thanks
Liv



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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:20:27 -0700
> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible NCAA Bracket 2010
> Hi All,
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> With 16 hours to spare before the Round 1 games begin, I've just updated
> the Accessible NCAA Tournament Bracket:
> http://terrillthompson.com/ncaa
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> I've done this for the past several years - created a bracket that uses
> good HTML structure to help screen reader users to navigate between regions
> and rounds, stylized with CSS so it looks like a bracket to sighted users.
> This year for the first time, I've also included an accessible tournament
> pool application, so screen reader users (and anyone else who's interested)
> can independently fill out a bracket and play along (for bragging rights
> only, of course!)
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> If you want to participate in the pool, you have to sign up and fill out a
> bracket before the Round 1 games start tomorrow Wednesday at 12:30pm
> Eastern. All the other features will be available throughout the tournament.
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> Please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested. As always
> I'm open to feedback about how to improve the accessibility and usability of
> this application.
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> Cheers,
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> Terrill Thompson
> Technology Accessibility Specialist
> DO-IT, Accessible Technology
> UW Technology Services
> University of Washington
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> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:24:50 -0500
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dropdown menus?
> I have found these to work quite well. Having them triggered with an
> onChange event can be a bit of a processing issue when the user works with a
> keyboard and uses the down arrow to move through the list. The onChange
> event is triggered each time the user moves to the next selection in the
> list.
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> Mike Moore
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