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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Sep 3, 2002 5:22AM

At 12:51 PM +0100 9/3/02, Tom Gilder wrote:
>It really would improve the accessibility of pages in my opinion. It
>would remove the "where should I place the navigation?" question, as
>it would always be accessible no matter where it was located.

I agree. Plus, the title of the <nav> (or <section>) could be used
by a smart browser to automatically make "skip" links if requested.

<nav title="Primary Navigation">
...
</nav>
<section title="Main Content">
..
</section>

Display as:

Skip Primary Navigation
...
Skip Main Content
...

etc.

--Kynn

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