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Re: accessibility of this drop down menu

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From: ckrugman
Date: May 5, 2010 6:45AM

Using JAWS 11 and IE8 I'm not finding any submenus or drop down menus. There
is only the general categories with links "STuff for her" "Stuff for him" "
etc.
Chuck
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From: "Angela French" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'UW Web Accessibility Group'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >;
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Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 5:03 PM
Subject: [WebAIM] accessibility of this drop down menu


> Can anyone please tell me if this type of menu is accessible to screen
> readers and non-mouse users?
> http://www.sitepoint.com/examples/megadropdowns/completed.html#
>
>
> When I tab through the navigation links, I can't get to the submenus.
>
> I am building a similar menu and concerns about it being usable for
> everyone (even those with Javascript turned off).
>
> Thank you,
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
>
>