appi2 - 12:00 pm on Dec 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

Just some random bits

Using tab to navigate through the links on a site.
In IE7 FF2 this works ok without having to set tabindex on any links.
Opera9 this fails, you would have to set tabindex on links for it to work. Don't know if there's a work around in the config or another setting or button!
shift-tab goes to the previous link.

Drop down menus
These fail, or at least I cant get the damn thing to drop down when using the tab/keyboard only.
The only bit of reprieve is at least the url is displayed in the status bar.
So don't overwrite the statusbar message.

If anyone knows how to get dropdowns eg suckerfish working by tabbing through, would love to know.

Screen reader things.
The default one on XP "Narrator" doesn't read any text in a browser window - how dim is that. You can however copy all the text and put it into notepad and it happily reads it!

Opera9 has a voice feature, if you want it to read all the page just enable the voice and press CTRL-A then v. It also reads any alt text. Or for that matter any css hidden keywords!

Disable right click scripts.
You should be shot in the head for using these.
If you want to stop the non-web savvy in pointless ways do the transparent gif over background image trick.
Or even better understand the concept of if its on the web it can be copied.

Alternative style sheets, you could offer one with the same styling but with all color set to black and background to white for those a bit deaf in the eyes.