[JAWSLite] Re: Do websites need to mark the selected option for blind users?

Good evening,

Isn't this normally done in the title of the page?

For example:

If the title of a site is "ACME Company's Web
  Site" then the about page is often "About - ACME Company's Web Site".

I guess that I would seldom go back to the navigational links on a  
site to figure out which page I was on if I'd already selected the  
page that I wanted.

HTH,
Everett
On 20-Jan-09, at 10:50 PM, Jens-Uwe Korff wrote:

>> some websites will print the "about us" text string as just text
> rather than making it a link
>
> Hi tribble,
>
> yes, I've seen this technique as well and it's best practice as far  
> as I
> know. But I was wondering if it helps blind users if the current  
> option,
> link or not, also has the words "selected" or similar.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jens
>
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> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Do websites need to mark the selected option  
> for
> blind users?
>
> I have seen people do that, if I'm understanding you correctly.
> What I have noticed is that some websites will print the "about us"  
> text
> string as just text rather than making it a link, when you are on that
> page.
> It wouldn't be hard at all to do that -- for each link just put in a
> little javascript to compare the link text against the current URL and
> not making it a link if there is a match.
> Is that what you meant?
> --le
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jens-Uwe Korff" <jkorff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:07 PM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Do websites need to mark the selected option for
> blind users?
>
>
> Hello,
>
> imagine you have a set of menu options on a website. Usually websites
> mark the selected option visually, but not within the code. If you
> selected "About us", one could think to mark this option as "About us
> (selected)" for the visually impaired if they are on that page.
>
> I have not seen this technique anywhere on the net. Is this something
> that is either not necessary or not yet thought of?
>
> Comments welcome. Thank you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jens
>
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