On 19/05/06, Dave Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the books I've been studying has used two terms I'm unfamiliar > with. Some will deem these dumb questions, but here they are.
They're not dumb questions. If you've never come across teh terms before, you won't know until you ask. :) What is a "screenreader"? A screen reader is a program that assists vision-impaired people to use the Internet. Since they can't see the screen (well or at all), the program reads to them what is being shown. It also reads certain things that "normal" users don't generally deal with, such as the alt text attached to images and the fact that something is a link or a bullet point or anything else other than plain text. Screenreader users can navigate a page with a series of keystrokes, but it makes it important that you page is structured in a logical way so that they can find the sections they want easily without needing to see where they are in relation to other things. Also be aware that screenreaders ignore positioning and suchlike, and will start reading from the top of your code and (barring any input from the user) will keep reading the page until they reach the bottom. The author used a phrase: "Javascript with the DOM" What's "the DOM"? The DOM is the Document Object Model. I've just hit google with the phrase "what is the DOM" and got back articles like: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model * http://webdesign.about.com/cs/dom/a/aa120202a.htm * http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/dom.shtml Have a read, and hopefulyl that will make things clearer. Cheers, Seona. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
