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From: Zwack, Melanie
Date: Oct 22, 2003 9:45AM



Actually, I see that the Webaim.org site has the type of skip navigation you
are referring to --

Thanks!


-----Original Message-----
From: Zwack, Melanie [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:34 AM
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Subject: RE: good example


Can you give me an example of what you mean by that? Thanks!!

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From: Jon Gunderson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:29 AM
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Subject: RE: good example


The skip navigation is needed by more than screen reader users. People
with physicaly disabilities using only the keyboard also would like to
skip navigation bars. Hiding the skip navigation feature does not help
people with
physical disabilities.

Jon Gunderson
UIUC

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Zwack, Melanie wrote:

>
> Our site has a good example of skip navigation:
> http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/statelocal/index.html
>
> If you mouse over to the right of the seal, you can see the skip
navigation
> (It's only 1 pixels wide sliver of the mast so it might be difficult to
> see), and if you link on this it will bring you right below the buttons of
> the main mast. This works well with a screen reader --
>
> By the way, if you call Jaws (Freedom Scientific), they also may have some
> ideas for you --
>
> Melanie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl Kirkpatrick [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:08 AM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Re: good example
>
>
> We are going to do both. Unfortunately, ones encountering problems are
easy
> to
> find. I do have some good examples but have not found one that I think is
> the
> shining example. One thing I am looking for is a visual "skip navigation".
> It
> seems that even the good sites are hiding that.
>
> Cheryl
>
> Jeff Finlay wrote:
>
> > > At the South Carolina Library Association conference, I am
> > > moderating a session on accessibility in which we will have a blind
user
> > > demonstrating JAWS. Can anyone recommend an especially good library
Web
> > > site to use for the demonstration?
> >
> > Did you want to use one that shows JAWS working well or encountering
> > difficulties?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
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> Cheryl Kirkpatrick
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> South Carolina State Library
> http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/
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