http://httpremix.com/different-approach-writing-css Dedicated to the craft of professional web development Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:16:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://httpremix.com/different-approach-writing-css#comment-23 jonah ellison Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:52:16 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/httpremix/?p=9#comment-23 99% of one's visitors use a "regular browser." For accessibility, much more care must be taken, as simply creating ul-li links does not ensure that a screen reader will "skip" them, and other techniques can be used anyway (see http://www.webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/). Lynx will still display the links, only they won't be in bullet form (and let's admit it: using Lynx is a rarity). And links can just be wrapped in a div for advanced styling. 99% of one’s visitors use a “regular browser.” For accessibility, much more care must be taken, as simply creating ul-li links does not ensure that a screen reader will “skip” them, and other techniques can be used anyway (see http://www.webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/). Lynx will still display the links, only they won’t be in bullet form (and let’s admit it: using Lynx is a rarity). And links can just be wrapped in a div for advanced styling.

]]> http://httpremix.com/different-approach-writing-css#comment-22 Martinique Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:00:47 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/httpremix/?p=9#comment-22 Using list elements to build navigation menus is not really waste of HTML, because not everybody uses a regular browser. Screen readers, for example, can skip a ul-based list of boring navigational links and move on to your actual content quite easily, while your div-based approach would probably force the listener to hear them on every one of your pages. A non-CSS browser such as Lynx, which is often used for debugging or emergency situations, also benefits from proper use of list elements. Very often links wrapped in list elements are also helpful when doing some more exotic CSS styling. Using list elements to build navigation menus is not really waste of HTML, because not everybody uses a regular browser. Screen readers, for example, can skip a ul-based list of boring navigational links and move on to your actual content quite easily, while your div-based approach would probably force the listener to hear them on every one of your pages. A non-CSS browser such as Lynx, which is often used for debugging or emergency situations, also benefits from proper use of list elements. Very often links wrapped in list elements are also helpful when doing some more exotic CSS styling.

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