Adding | between links in footer is good practice for screenreaders because it breaks up the reading of the links. But in the second example, you already do this with the list items, so in terms of accessibility I doubt you would need to add | to them. Also those | are outside the <li></li> so I'm not sure if that would validate?
I couldn't say whether one option is better or not in terms of semantics though sorry. Might find a similar topic of discussion on the simple quiz site: http://www.simplebits.com/bits/simplequiz/ Tim Hill Computer Associates Graphic Artist tel: +612 9937 0792 fax: +612 9937 0546 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amit Karmakar Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Footer stuff Apologies if this has been discussed before. What is better in terms of semantics and accessibility? <div id=""footer"> <p>stuff | more stuff<br /> stuff too | more stuff again</p> </div> or <div id=""footer"> <ul><li>stuff</li> | <li>more stuff</li> <li>stuff too</li> | <li>more stuff again</li></ul> </div> Obviously the first one uses a <br /> to differentiate 2 lines, which I am sure can be done many other ways too. The second method in my opinion has more control over the information as it uses <li>s instead of <p>, would it be right to say <p>s need be used more in the content area instead of footers. Would appreciate your feedback on this. Regards, Amit Karmakar http://karmakars.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
