[whatwg] Footnotes, endnotes, sidenotes

Alexey Feldgendler alexey at feldgendler.ru
Tue Oct 31 07:57:54 PST 2006


On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:54:12 +0600, David Walbert <dwalbert at learnnc.org> wrote:

>> Does anybody know how blind users prefer footnotes to be read for
>> them?

> I would never want to require that a footnote be read to anyone,
> thereby interrupting the text -- it is in the nature of a footnote to
> be optional reading and to stand apart from the text. Any user should
> have the option of reading/hearing it, or not.

But how would the user know that there is a footnote anchored to a specific place?


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