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From: Steve Green
Date: Apr 27, 2020 11:36AM

It depends what the link does. If it points to a different version of the website, then it's probably not a good idea, although there might be a good reason. Ideally, both versions would be fed from the same CMS so the content stays synchronised.

Alternatively, they might be using a style switcher to modify the appearance and behaviour of a single version of the website, which might be a sensible thing to do. We have recommended this approach for a few websites where the product owners insisted on having whizzy features that did not play nicely with assistive technologies.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd