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Re: skip link breaks back button

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From: Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Date: Mar 17, 2014 6:56AM

Good morning Listers,

I had been under the impression we could stop using skip links, but I gather for keyboard only users they are still necessary. Is this correct?

Susie Stanzel

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Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 4:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] skip link breaks back button

On 17/03/2014 09:39, Thaddeus Cambron wrote:
> Which is better. Skip links or landmarks

Landmarks are only of use to users of AT like screenreaders.
Keyboard-only users without AT cannot take advantage of them (unless they employ some form of additional extension/plugin such as http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2013/07/enabling-landmark-based-keyboard-navigation-in-firefox/).

P
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