[Javascript] [Beginner] What is going on with my show/hide function?

[Matt Warden]

On 11/13/06, Paul Novitski <paul at juniperwebcraft.com> wrote:
> At 11/13/2006 02:27 PM, Matt Warden wrote:
>
> >Sure, I've seen this. What I don't understand is why someone would
> >think that the paradigm should be different for a blind user and a
> >sighted user (i.e., show everything by default for a blind user and
> >show only the questions by default for a sighted user).
>
>
> Probably the most common reason is to keep the visual display
> compact.  How much material can fit in a screenload (or in any given
> amount of space) is a purely visual issue that can be addressed
> independently of the structural organization of content.

I'm being unclear.

I agree with the reasonings for collapsing data in such a way. My
question is: if such reasons exist for a sighted user, why would they
not also exist (even more so!) for a blind user using a screen reader?

> Tooltips are an instance of content that is always there to be read
> by a screen-reader but isn't visible to a sighted user until she
> hovers over the element in question.  Again, I imagine the rationale
> behind their addition to the HTML vocabulary was to provide content
> that stays out of sight until called up in order to help keep the
> visual display simple and compact.

Again, in this instance I would provide the same experience for a
blind user, because to me the reasons for doing so apply to blind
users as well.

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Matt Warden
Cleveland, OH, USA
http://mattwarden.com


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