Re: Separate adjacent links with more than whitespace

Hi Michael,

Do Watchfire have intentions of extending  their support section.

The install documentation does seem a little bit rushed and not very
insightful, especially with regards to the generic installation of Bobby.

Although it is still (IMHO) the best in its class.

Tim





----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Cooper" <[email protected]>
To: "W3c-Wai-Ig" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: RE: Separate adjacent links with more than whitespace


>
> Before I read this reply I was going to post a message saying we're
> considering changing Bobby's evaluation to consider links on different
lines
> (e.g., separated by <br>) as being sufficiently separated. I'm with
everyone
> on the importance of separated links, and just have the question - are
> non-whitespace separators just important for links on the same "line" or
is
> it also important for links on different lines? I realize the definition
of
> "line" might depend on the user agent and there might be my answer, that
you
> can't count on a <br> element as creating the needed separation. But I
> wanted to float the idea and see what people think.
>
> Michael
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Foliot - bytown internet [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:18 AM
> > To: Steve Vosloo
> > Cc: W3c-Wai-Ig
> > Subject: RE: Separate adjacent links with more than whitespace
> >
> >
> >
> > JAWS says the word link, IBM HPR just changes the "voice" to
> > indicate that
> > the text is "different" (i.e.- Hyperlink).
> >
> > While I detest Bobby worship if you are going for strict
> > compliance you need
> > to separate the links with more than white space.  I usually
> > use the "bar"
> > (|), and often even style it "away" using CSS. (or mark up
> > your LIST of
> > links using list markup (<UL><LI>) and again style away the bullets,
> > indentation, etc. using CSS)
> >
> > The point is that there is in fact a distinct separation between the
> > hyperlinks.  This is useful for users with mobility
> > impairments as well,
> > including but not limited to Parkinson's, Arthritis,
> > quadriplegics, etc.  In
> > fact, even younger children lack fine motor skills, although with them
> > getting younger and younger at the computer screen/mouse/keyboard the
> > thresh-hold age keeps getting smaller and smaller...
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > JF
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> > > Behalf Of Steve Vosloo
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:06 AM
> > > To: WAI IG
> > > Subject: Separate adjacent links with more than whitespace
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a list of links which I'm placing on top of each other and
> > > separating with an HTML break statement, like the list of
> > links at the
> > > bottom of the Tesco Access site. Bobby squeals with WAI
> > checkpoint 10.5:
> > > Separate adjacent links with more than whitespace. Is this
> > an outdated
> > > checkpoint? My experience is that screen readers say the word "link"
> > > before reading a link.
> > >
> > > All input greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>