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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Jul 15, 2015 8:00AM

Let me ask another way. A webpage has a left navigation menu of 20 items, or top navigation of 5 items. A keyboard-only user has to tab through these on every page within the site, but the main content has a landmark or h1 tag. Technically this seems to meet 2.4.1, but would seem to violate the spirit of the guideline until browsers can use landmarks. Do I give the site a pass for 2.4.1, but note the usability issue? If the developer is required to meet WCAG 2.0 and this is a pass, is there another guideline I can use to get them to add a skip link?

Thanks.

Joseph