[Athen] question about links - underlining

[Scott StOnge]

Good question, Joe.  I just tried tabbing through my home page again and
the links showed the ACTIVE state (instead of HOVER).  For an auditory
browser, because it is a text link, the default notification for links
in that software would apply.  Some will say "link" before reading the
hypertext, etc.  I have not tried, but there may be a way with CSS to
specify an auditory event for each link state.

  

Scott SaintOnge
Webmaster
National Center for Telecommunications Technologies
 - a division of Springfield Technical Community College

http://www.nctt.org
(413)755-6553

>>> jhumbert at purdue.edu 05/26/06 14:57 PM >>>

Hi!

Does the hover work with keyboard events? i.e. tab to a link.  Because
most
low vision and blind users I have come across do really care about the
colors because they use jaws to find the links on the page.  which may
make
me asking this question a mood point, but so be it.  thankx.

Joe Humbert
Assistive Technology Specialist
ACM SIGGRAPH at Purdue

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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 2:36 PM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] question about links - underlining


Hello,

I've found that using the a:hover pseudo-class for CSS works great for
providing simple roll-over effects to text links and minimizes the need
for color concerns.  I just start off with underlined links (changing
colors according to current design) and when a user mouses over the link
the underline dissappears.  Someone listening to the page would never
know the difference.

Here's a little CSS code from my site's stylesheet:

A:hover {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
color: #990000;
text-decoration: none;
}

Hope this helps,


Scott SaintOnge
Webmaster
National Center for Telecommunications Technologies
 - a division of Springfield Technical Community College

http://www.nctt.org
(413)755-6553


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