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From: Geof Collis
Date: Dec 21, 2009 2:15PM

Hi Mike

They are not there to look like headings for the sighted. If you
follow the skip links it will read out that it is a main menu and categories.

As for the main heading, I dont believe a navigation is a main
heading, the main heading is the start of the main content and if I
start moving the menus further down the page then it will have to
come after all the content and cause problems for other users and I
dont believe in slapping navigation into my content just to get the
headings nested correctly.

cheers

Geof




At 03:48 PM 12/21/2009, you wrote:
>My own personal warped opinion is that if it visibly looks like a
>heading then it should be coded as a heading. Why would you want
>headings for sighted users that are not available for screen reader
>users? As far as the heading order goes, you can control that
>through the code order with CSS and/or make the main heading an h1
>and the other headings lower heading. If I want to get to the main
>heading using a screen reader I can just whack the key for that
>heading level - the "1" key in JAWS.
>
>Mike Moore
>(512) 424-4159
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