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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Aug 15, 2012 11:26AM

2012-08-15 19:50, Barry Hill wrote:

> Would you say that a website that has this line conforms to wc3 1.3.3 with
> regard to visual location:
>
> "Follow the links on the left to find out more about us."
>
> The wc3 guideline 1.3.3 states:
>
> "Sensory Characteristics: Instructions provided for understanding and
> operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of
> components such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.
> (Level A) "

The statement on the website is apparently non-conforming, as it refers
to some content only by its being "on the left", which is (in principle
at least) insignificant in non-visual browsing.

But in practice, I would not complain about the formulation of the
statement but about the statement itself. It is pointless. Navigation
should be observable and understandable on its own. If it isn't, vague
verbal descriptions don't make the situation any better.

Yucca