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Re: Skip to content links, what is the current best practice?

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From: Jeevan Reddy
Date: Jun 30, 2011 11:51PM

Though "Skip" links has good advantages, most of the web sites doesn't have
visible skip links that helps everyone . if you are targetting only screen
reader users for easier navigation, i prefer ARIA landmarks instead skip
links! with ARIA landmarks, the Screen reader user can navigate to different
sections of page rather only to content.
you should consider two scnerios to follow skip links or not. if your
developing web site according to new standards or your web site is
semantically marked with headings, you can avoid invisible skip links. the
worst case, if your web site was developed in older technologies and has no
semantic headings, skip links are useful!

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Jim Allan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> and interesting discussion. Tied into this discussion of should we use
> 'skip links' should be the question...do they even work?
> it depends on your browser and how things are coded and how the
> browser is configured. This is appalling. we have been telling authors
> for years to create skip links...only to find that unless things are
> just right -- they don't work. How frustrating for the developers.
> see
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/work/wiki/User_Agent_issues_effecting_A11y#In-page_links_broken
> for a small discussion and links to other resources.
>
> there are many such Accessibility issues see
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/work/wiki/User_Agent_issues_effecting_A11y
> additions welcomed.
>
> Developers should have a base level of expectation that certain things
> should function on all browsers.
>
> The User Agent Working Group is collecting these, and using them to
> check our guidelines
> (http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2011/ED-UAAG20-20110609/).
> comments welcome.
>
> Jim Allan, Co-Chair User Agent Working Group
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:51 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Some, yes. I always use "main" in conjunction with "content".
> >
> > Vincent Young
> > User Experience, Web Accessibility Specialist
> > Nationwide Corporate Marketing
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> > Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > To:
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> > Date:
> > 06/30/2011 10:48 AM
> > Subject:
> > Re: [WebAIM] Skip to content links, what is the current best practice?
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> >
> > Vincent - are you saying that screen readers actually pronounce
> "content"
> > differently if the word "main" is in front of it? How interesting.
> >
> >