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From: gez
Date: Mar 13, 2004 12:33PM

> How is it possible in a text to
> have adjacent links that not
> impose a problem for screen reader
> users?

You could use the separator from the grammar to act as a separator for the
links:

<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk">BBC</a>, <a
href="http://www.cnn.com">CNN</a>, etc.

> So far I've solved this problem
> with not using links in the text
> at all and have a list of resources
> mentioned in the actual post at the
> end of the post. This may be a good
> solution or it may not. Does anyone
> have any comments on my solution
> with regards to accessibility and
> usability?

It's a matter of personal preference and style. Personally, I like all the
links to be collected at the end of the article, so I can read the article
uninterrupted. Others visitors may prefer to follow the links as and when
they get to them in the text.

Best regards.

Gez
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sverre Andreas Holbye" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: SV: vertical side menus


> Hi listers,
>
> I've had this problem for a long time but not in my menus since I've
> solved this with the list tags as described by Richard Sweet. My problem
> now is that when writing articles, news posts and so on I often link to
> mentioned resources. For instance I could write "BBC, CBS and CNN did
> bla bla bla..." Where I would link to the actual BBC and CBS page and
> consequently get a Bobby (WAI) error. So far I've solved this problem
> with not using links in the text at all and have a list of resources
> mentioned in the actual post at the end of the post. This may be a good
> solution or it may not. Does anyone have any comments on my solution
> with regards to accessibility and usability? Is this a bad practise, if
> so, how could I do this better? How is it possible in a text to have
> adjacent links that not impose a problem for screen reader users?
>
>
> Med vennlig hilsen / Kind regards
>
> Andreas Holbye
> IT-Konsulent / ICT-consultant for the blind and visually impaired
>
>
> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> Fra: Richard Sweet [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sendt: 12. mars 2004 19:53
> Til: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Emne: RE: vertical side menus
>
> A menu is (normally) a list. If you make your menu an <ul> and give each
> item a <li> tag they become distinct. You can then use the css
> "list-style-type: none" property if you don't actually want a bullet to
> appear visually.
>
> This also works for a horizontal menu bar, or lists of links where you
> don't
> want them on separate lines. Simply use the "display: inline" css
> property.
>
> Using <UL> and css actually allows you to create quite complex menus
> with
> subheadings etc by nesting the lists and giving them class or id
> attributes
> and works well (in my experience) from an accessibility point of view.
> Even
> if stylesheets are changed by the user or not supported it still appears
> as
> a straightforward list.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Richard
>
>
> >