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Re: page should contain no more than two h1 elements

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From: Karl Groves
Date: Jun 15, 2009 12:55PM

< I think this is a valid argument against multiple H1s, but it also
> makes
> an assumption about how people navigate headings that I don't think is
> clearly quantified by the available data
> (http://www.webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/#headings). Would
> make
> for a pretty good question for a follow-up study though (or some in-lab
> usability studies).

Just to be clear (because re-reading it, I could see it being mis-read),
my point was that, while the WebAIM survey clearly showed the usefulness
of using headings, what wasn't shown was how people accessed those
headings. Would be interesting to know. My own observation shows it to be
exactly as Jared described, but I also recognize that the screenreader
users I know are all power users. I'm not sure how they compare to
"normal" users.


Karl