Comments on: Understand Web Content Accessibility Guidelines & Section 508 http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/2008/11/01/understand-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-section-508/ Web Design Guidelines and Tips Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:07:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael Gaigg http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/2008/11/01/understand-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-section-508/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Michael Gaigg Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:57:20 +0000 http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/?p=97#comment-684 <a href="#comment-679" rel="nofollow">@Debbie </a> That's a good question which I hear a lot. The answer is absolutely not! There is no need to sacrifice aesthetics over accessibility. Now, I don't know what you mean by 'fancy', I assume fly-out-menus or similar, a) consider simplifying your menu structure, b) use structural markup, like unordered list, and c) style the whole menu structure using CSS. @Debbie
That’s a good question which I hear a lot. The answer is absolutely not! There is no need to sacrifice aesthetics over accessibility. Now, I don’t know what you mean by ‘fancy’, I assume fly-out-menus or similar, a) consider simplifying your menu structure, b) use structural markup, like unordered list, and c) style the whole menu structure using CSS.

]]> By: Bebe Angelic http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/2008/11/01/understand-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-section-508/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Bebe Angelic Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:27:16 +0000 http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/?p=97#comment-683 Nice article..I tell my friend to read this and bookmark.. Nice article..I tell my friend to read this and bookmark..

]]> By: Teijin http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/2008/11/01/understand-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-section-508/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Teijin Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:11:17 +0000 http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/?p=97#comment-682 Nice article..I tell my friend to read this and bookmark.. Nice article..I tell my friend to read this and bookmark..

]]> By: Debbie http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/2008/11/01/understand-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-section-508/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Debbie Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:52:47 +0000 http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/?p=97#comment-679 I'm researching navigational options for a redesign. I am looking for advice. I'm considering using fancy navigation which does not seem to be "reader" accessible. Should the navigation be scraped for an accessible version - or - Could a site map serve as a text only or accessible link prior to fancy navigation for a "reader" (Jaws in my case) alternative? I’m researching navigational options for a redesign. I am looking for advice. I’m considering using fancy navigation which does not seem to be “reader” accessible.

Should the navigation be scraped for an accessible version
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Could a site map serve as a text only or accessible link prior to fancy navigation for a “reader” (Jaws in my case) alternative?

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