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From: Elle
Date: Feb 15, 2012 5:39PM

Thanks, Jennifer!

This is exactly the article that motivated me to make the business case.


Cheers,
Elle




On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> 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
> >