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Re: alternative to use of onChange in select menus

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Jun 9, 2011 9:45AM

I would tend to disagree about not losing sleep as when I encounter one these I give up on the page. Usually because I don't know where I ended up and trying to get back sometimes gets me more lost. As well it really is a lot to expect that many people will try both techniques on a page many keyboard only users do not know about the alt down arrow .i have seen on select used much more effectively then on change.

Lucy Greco
Assistive Technology Specialist
Disabled Student's Program UC Berkeley
(510) 643-7591
http://attlc.berkeley.edu
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu