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Re: Bypass blocks for a small website

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From: wolfgang.berndorfer
Date: Oct 6, 2020 4:28AM

A plead for usability awareness:

I couldn't find out, what OCD stands for, but I know the abbreviation UX.

2.4.1 has purely usability in mind. 11 keyboard strokes don't make a webpage
inaccessible stricte dictum. They make it just annoying.

So let's not only reflect the "skip links" to satisfy the required effort to
pass 2.4.1. Let's point out, what can be done to improve UX for AT: Headings
and regions.

"Although this Success Criterion deals with blocks of content that are
repeated on multiple pages, we also strongly promote structural markup on
individual pages as per Success Criteria 1.3.1. "
(https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-skip.html)

Besides: An accordion mechanism would fit too, to pass SC 2.4.1. Correct?

Wolfgang