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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Sep 26, 2017 1:33PM

So Sean, I feel like you are advocating not to make menus lists. this page
from Jennifer say TO make them lists...I'm not sure why though.

https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/menus/structure/

Sarah Ferguson
Web Accessibility Specialist
Department of Digital Communications
Brandeis University *|* 781.736.4259
www.brandeis.edu/web-accessibility


On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Sarah Ferguson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks, Jennifer and Sean. No worries, if I get no response to Q2, I will
> repost it ;)
>
> Sarah
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
>> 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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