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RE: Printable character between adjacent links

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From: iris
Date: May 17, 2002 4:52AM

--- Prof Norm Coombs < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I hate it because what I hear is something like
>
> home virtical bar, garage, birtical bar, sidewalk,
> virtical bar

how about &#8226; (& # 8226 ;), which is a middle
aligned dot. would that be acceptable? how does that
get read out by a screenreader?

in the same context: what's the best way to go with
breadcrumb separation. i've noticed that > often gets
read out as 'greater than'. i tend to prefer a colon
to separate breadcrumb links for just that reason,
although usability recommends >.

home : section : page
rather than
home > section > page

iris



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