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From: Big John
Date: Apr 19, 2003 11:45AM

Candace Egan wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with Dreamweaver layers and whether using them causes
> accessibility problems?


I'm not up on the guidelines, but I believe DW layers are just
'absolute' positioning. If so, then it's very often possible to
place them anywhere in the source. A screen reader will treat
such elements just like any other, so being able to choose the
order they are read is very useful. To be sure, some layouts
constrict this flexibility, but no more than flowed elements.
Big John



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