Re: FN-FORUM: Accessibility Check

date posted 20th March 2006 12:18

> If I were designing the scroller I would put it into a styled div rather
> than using another page to show the data because that way I could be
> sure the data was all there in the page if the user did have anything
> odd going on with their browser.

I would agree with this - using a div scroller rather than an iframe
will be a lot more accessible for readers without CSS/javascript.=20
Check out this site I've just done - http://www.fullflow.com - the
front page has a scroller just like yours. If javascript is turned
off, the text doesn't scroll but the overflow:hidden CSS property
stops it being visible outside its container. If CSS is turned off,
the whole page renders as text with text-only headers and paragraphs.

(Every self-respecting accessibility-aware coder should have the Web
Developer toolbar for Firefox installed - enables you to instantly see
what your site will look like without such luxuries!)

Email me if you want me to send over the relevant bits of code.

Tom