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From: Maximillian Schwanekamp
Date: Jun 9, 2004 11:28PM






Hey WebAIM list,

I have a "skip nav" link that I want to hide
from visual browsers. Will the following rule still result in the link
being read aloud by screen readers?
a#skipnav {
display: block; position:
absolute;
left: -999px; top:
-999px;
}

I am
inclined to think so from an aging article from Joe Clark on A List Apart, but
was hoping for confirmation of this here.
<SPAN
class=576362205-10062004>
<SPAN
class=576362205-10062004>TIA,

<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">Maximillian
Von Schwanekamp
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">Dynamic
Websites and E-Commerce
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><A
href="http://www.neptunewebworks.com/">NeptuneWebworks.com
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">voice:
541-302-1438
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">fax:
208-730-6504