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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Jul 22, 2002 7:32AM

MessageThe primary purpose of the"skip nav" link is to allow screen readers
and other devices (cell phones?) to skip over repetitive elements such as
persistant navigation links, etc. IMHO this would also include top banners
(<img src="topbanner.gif" alt="foobar company">) and other persistant
"branding" graphics, especially if this is on every page. As such it (the
skip nav) *probably* should be the first item encountered, but this is a
judgemnet call rather than an absolute - think of the functionality it is
providing.

As always, just MHO

JF