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Re: "Skip to content" links, vissibility and keyboard users without screen readers, to hide or not to hide?

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Dec 19, 2011 5:42PM

Great article. Used the same technique for a module on our site. Uploaded
so you can see the technique in action.

http://webhipster.com/testing/accessibility/event-info/

Enjoy.

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I thought some on this list might find this Twitter post of interest:
>
> Via:
> @terrillthompson Skip nav links don't actually work well for
> non-mousers. Blog & JQuery solution @ http://t.co/4MLaLQBT
>
>
> Jennifer
> At 03:57 PM 12/19/2011, you wrote:
> >Hi Birkir,
> >
> >Thanks for your kind observations about the webcourse - I should update
> it;
> >I am tempted to just change the dates! What I want to do us update it with
> >references to WCAG 20.
> >
> >First of all - a visible skip link is great and the best thing to do - but
> >an alternative is to make it visible on focus because it is primarily an
> >accommodation for sighted non-mouse users. As you said keyboard navigation
> >of headings (and landmarks) is not supported except for Opera (and I was
> >disappointed that they turned off that feature and have hidden a switch to
> >turn it back on). If you are using a head mouse you don't need the skip
> >link.
> >
> >I didn't consider keyboard alternatives and how that would work. I would
> be
> >interested to hear from someone who knows that technology better than I.
> >
> >And no, I don't believe it, but the skip link bug in IE has not been
> >corrected in IE 9 ...ARGGGHHH.
> >
> >Jim
> >http://jimthatcher.com
> >512-306-0931
> >
> >
> >