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Re: Skip Links and ARIA Landmarks for Sighted Users

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From: Jamous, JP
Date: Aug 14, 2016 8:16AM

But aren't we here violating SC 3.2.1?
https://www.wuhcag.com/on-focus/

A keyboard user looks at the page and sees no skip link. He or she gets ticketed off and closes the page or navigates to another one.

Personally, I don't like to hide anything from the user although I know that space is so precious.

I believe this can be debatable, but at least we try to keep it like that on our company site. Don't surprise the user with something that is supposed to be a basic part of the content. On the other hand, SEO can backfire on the ranking if too much off screen stuff is on the site. It can be viewed by search engines as a way to achieve higher ranking through off screen content.