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Re: Where Does The Idea Screen Reader Users Use Tab for Main Navigation Come From?

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From: Andre Polykanine
Date: Oct 11, 2018 5:10PM

Hello Julie and all,
Whenever I asked such questions in mailing lists for screen
reader users, I inadvertently started a "holy war". This is very much
like "what's better, Windows or Linux?" (or Mac?).
I personally navigate Web almost exclusively with arrows and quick nav
keys (my main screen reader is JAWS), but I do know a lot of people
who navigate Web with Tab, like a desktop app. They do miss lots of
things, as someone of you has already said, so I don't know how they
cope with it, but it's true: "tab vs. arrows" is like "iOs vs.
Android" or "windows vs. Linux vs. MacOs".

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With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter (English only): @AndrePolykanine


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From: Julie Romanowski < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Date created: , 4:26:33 PM
Subject: [WebAIM] Where Does The Idea Screen Reader Users Use Tab for Main Navigation Come From?


Are you implying that screen reader users don't use the tab key for web navigation? I know a few JAWS user (blind or have limited vision) who do use the tab key (among other key commands) for web navigation.