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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Sep 25, 2017 8:40PM

Continuing to focus on the menuing question (and I do hope others will
help with the other one, too):


I would recommend the WAI Education and Outreach Tutorial on Menus,
starting here:

http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/menus/


I don't recommend that folks spend time handling screen reader quirks --
one does something one way and one another. It's much better to code to
specifications. Perfection is the enemy of good, and it's expensive, too!


Trying to make all screen reader and browser combos act the same is the
same as trying to replicate exactness across browsers, or replicate
print presentation on the web. Unless functionality is outright not
available, slight variants isn't a big deal, in my view.


Screen readers function differently -- sometimes that's a feature, and
sometimes it's a bug, but I see a lot of people in this industry driving
themselves crazy with this sort of thing. And I personally don't think
it's the most sensible use of people's time/best bang for buck.


Now, how about the second question, if nobody has anything else on this
menu one?


I always worry about posts with several questions in them. They're hard
to find in archives, and they can get lost in long rambling responses,
like mine!


Best,

Jennifer



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