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RE: MouseOver Menus

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From: Cohen, Lisa A.
Date: Jul 17, 2002 12:10PM

Tim,
I have seen menus where there is dual functionality. Mouseover uses DHTML
to show a little box with several link selections, but if you tab to the
same place (link) and select it (hit Enter) you get an intermediate page
with the same several link selections. This way you have the fancy stuff
with alternate accessible navigation.
Lisa

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Harshbarger [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:42 PM
To: ' <EMAIL REMOVED> '
Subject: MouseOver Menus



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 lis