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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Feb 6, 2003 12:12PM

Hi:

I am the one who suggested hiding the text link. I work for the Gov't of
Ontario (Canada) and we have just gone through an exercise similar to
Section 508 in the US. I don't know if I have raised a thorny issue with my
suggestion - my appologies if I have. However, it was my understanding that
providing a link (text or graphic as suggested below) to skip the navbar is
a good thing for accessibility. Furthermore, I thought that hiding it
(either using styles or a 1x1 transparent graphic with alt text) was
acceptable too.

Am I missing part of the issue?

Jules

> I can see you point and I know there are a good many developers who do
> not want to place a viewable text skip to link on their web
> page. As far
> as I am concerned if they are completely unwilling to do so, then I
> advice them to attach it to a unseen graphic at the top of the page.
> Still I have never thought about the fact some people have to tab
> through all those links without the presence of a skip to main. It
> really gives me another selling point to make to clients who want to
> understand the point of complying with the guidelines.


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