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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Aug 11, 2002 12:55PM

Hi,

There is a type of web-based menu that people call by different names. I
have heard them referred to as drop down menus, mouseover menus, pop-up
menus, etc. Whenever the user pauses the mouse over a hot spot on the page,
the menu appears giving the user a list of links from which to choose.

I know these kind of menus present a lot of accessibility problems. What
have you all done either in conjunction with or in place of these menus?

Thanks,
Tim