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From: Spruill, Kevin (NIH/NLM)
Date: Nov 10, 2003 10:19AM

Melanie,

One example would be a senior citizen who has a slight palsy (shaking of the
hand(s)) - asking them to find, let alone select a 1x1 or similar "invisible
gif" is cruel... Though the link may be accessible via keyboard (accesskey
and/or tab), if they're not used to navigating that way it's going to be
problematic. Then there's also the fact that if they don't know the skip
link is there, they can't use it.

Having the skip link for users of screen readers is a good start, but
consideration should be given for everyone.

Examples:

http://nihseniorhealth.gov
http://medlineplus.gov/

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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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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


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