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From: Angela French
Date: Nov 15, 2011 4:12PM


I'm probably going to get rid of those expanding content areas. I really don't see the point. The area inside is not that long (for sighted users), you can't open them all at once for printing purposes (though that may be editable in the javascript). If content editors have such long pages that they need them, I personally think they should consider re-architecting their page for a better user experience for everyone. Determining what to do with this page (and others that use the script) is one of the phases in cleaning up this site.

Thanks,
Angela French

>-----Original Message-----
>From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7500)
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 2:59 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] please test these expanding content areas for me
>
>HMMM>
>Well, I guess I'd give it a 5. The content is there and accessible via the
>keyboard, but I had to guess at which link would activate it. If I'd visited the
>page without knowing I was supposed to look for a way to expand those
>areas, I might have just found the empty links and not bothered with them.
>
>Sounds like it works better in other browsers. Lately, I've been finding that
>to be true with more and more sites.
>
>Courtney
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Angela French
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:43 PM
>To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] please test these expanding content areas for me
>
>Coutney,
>On a scale of 1-10 for user experience (1 being low), would you be so kind as
>to rate its difficulty of use with JAWS 12 (at least the way you did it)?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7500)
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 2:27 PM
>>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] please test these expanding content areas for me
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Using JAWS 12 and IE7, I found Mandatory Waivers, but it was not a
>>tabbable link. I did discover that there appears to be a link with no
>>link text that shows up just previous to each of the menus here. So if
>>I hit enter on the empty link previous to Mandatory Waivers, I can then
>>find the 4 other links you mention.
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>
>>Courtney
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Angela French
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:45 PM
>>To: 'WebAim Forum ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )'
>>Subject: [WebAIM] please test these expanding content areas for me
>>
>>Hello,
>>Would it be possible for some screen reader users to tell me if it is
>>possible (and practical) to navigate to the content that is in the
>>expanding content areas on this page?
>>http://sbctc.edu/college/f_tuitionwaivers.aspx . I doubt if they are
>accessible by screen readers as I can't seem to tab to them.
>>
>>The first expanding area is entitled "Mandatory Waivers". Inside that
>>expanding content area are links to 4 other web pages. These are the 4
>>link labels inside the expanded content.
>>
>>
>>Children and Spouse of Totally Disabled or POW/MIA or Deceased Eligible
>>Veterans or National Guard Members<http://sbctc.edu/college/_f-
>>tuitionwaivers_childofdisableddeceasedpow.aspx>
>>
>>Children and Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Law Enforcement Officers
>>or Firefighters <http://sbctc.edu/college/_f-
>>tuitionwaivers_childofdeceasedlawenforcemt.aspx> (NEW CHANGES IN
>2010)
>>
>>Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (Inactive)
>><http://sbctc.edu/college/_f-
>>tuitionwaivers_waawardforvocexcellence.aspx>
>>
>>Washington Scholars (Inactive)<http://sbctc.edu/college/_f-
>>tuitionwaivers_washingtonscholars.aspx>
>>
>>Thank you very much.
>>
>>
>>Angela French
>>Internet Specialist
>>State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
>>360-704-4316
>> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
>>
>>