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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Jul 23, 2002 7:34AM

Jim,
The skip link is for more than just assistive technology users, users with
other disabilities would lik to skip navigation bars and while the link
appears it has different behaviors depending on what browser you are
using. Not everyone uses IE.

Jon


At 04:21 PM 7/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Jon, What do you mean the skip link doesn't work with Opera or Netscape? The
>skip link idea works just fine there, it is just that there are no assistive
>technologies using those browsers to take advantage of the skip link. But
>the link is still there.
>
>Jim Thatcher
>Accessibility Consulting
>http://jimthatcher.com
>512-306-0931
>
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