Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote:
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
Interesting. Did you consider developing a system that makes use of
the <map> element?"
I did note it lacks some backwards compatibility
From the spec:
| Note. MAP is not backwards compatible with HTML 2.0 user agents.
I think that can be safely ignored these days. All browsers still in
use support <map> and <area shape="" coords=""> just fine. There are
problems with using <map> with <a shape="" coords=""> because IE only
supports them using <area>.
I do wonder about things such as adequate link separation
What do you mean?
and assistive technology support.
All modern AT should support them just fine.
I feel comfortable offering these hotspots
in the form of a list of links, but the "Map" element, by virtue of its
name, seems like it might carry a lot of weight.
What weight? Map is designed to describe areas of an image. It
basically does what you're doing with CSS positioning, but by using
semantic elements that describe the image.
Not sure if it would be in the right direction though.
Why not?
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Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
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