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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jul 17, 2002 12:08PM

JavaScript activated roll-over menus do pose accessibility problems.
The most common solution is to provide a static HTML link to a page
that provides access to the pages accessible through the pop-up menu.
An example is the left hand navigation at http://microsoft.com/.
Several of the items provide pop-up menus which are not accessible.
Yet, if you select the main menu item, it displays a page with HTML
links to the pages displayed in the pop-up. It requires one extra step
but the content is still accessible. If only Microsoft would fix its
numerous other accessibility problems!

Jared Smith
WebAIM.org



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On Wednesday, July 17, 2002 you sent:
TH> Hi,

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

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

TH> Thanks,
TH> Tim

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