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RE: Visible skip navigation links, was: good example

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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Nov 13, 2003 8:14AM

Has anyone tried the visible skip link at, say, http://www.acb.org? Tab to
"skip navigation links," press enter to follow the link and then tab again.
Oops! My version of IE on Windows XP puts the selection back on the skip
link. I believe it is a fundamental bug in IE. Basically, in-page links
don't work correctly.

It seems, as we discuss solutions like skipping navigation, we ought to be
sure they work as expected. The frustration of navigating the web must be
heightened and aggravated when presented "solutions" just don't work.

There are a couple of work-arounds that I know about. Make the named anchor,
actually an empty link - this is annoying for some but most reliable. It
seems also that when the named anchor is in a table cell, then tabbing
works.

Jim
Accessibility, What Not to do: http://jimthatcher.com/whatnot.htm.
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