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RE: good examples of javascript "roll over" menus with a naccessible alternative

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Jul 28, 2005 3:59PM

> Probably I am missing something on these menus, but the fact
> that you can get to all menu items with the keyboard may make
> them technically accessible, but not practically accessible.
> I believe that the only way to have JavaScript roll menus
> accessible is to have the main menu item active so that the
> page it opens has all the submenu links immediate in the
> navigation area of the page

This is an EXCELLENT point that is often overlooked.

All to often you see people 'of course our site is accessible...it adheres
to section 508' failing to realize that that is simply a technological
standard...not an actual test of the accessibility of your site by actual
people.

-Darrel