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Re: Visible Skip Nav Link

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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Feb 15, 2012 5:15PM

Maybe this article will help.

Back to Basics: Skip to Main Content Links | Terrill Thompson
http://terrillthompson.com/blog/161

Jennifer

At 03:44 PM 2/15/2012, you wrote:
>All:
>
>I'm trying to make the case, during our massive redesign project, that we
>should provide a visible skip nav link (instead of visible onfocus) in our
>header, because it was my understanding that low vision users could benefit
>from a skip nav link and they are primarily mouse users (so wouldn't see
>the link if it was hidden on initial page load). A few questions for you
>guys:
>
>
> 1. Is this a win worth fighting for? Do low vision users want this? I'll
> go to bat for anything that benefits users, but I just wanted to get input
> on whether it was truly beneficial. I am planning to take it to usability
> testing soon, but the decision may become political before then
> (given that
> it's precious real estate).
>
> 2. Does anyone have examples of elegant and design-centric
> implementations of a visible skip nav link? To win the case, I think I'll
> need evidence that it can be done well.
>
>
>
>
>Much appreciated!
>~Elle
>