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Re: HTML heading styles

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From: Mike Moore
Date: Oct 19, 2004 1:08PM








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color=#000000>Jules,
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<SPAN
class=525375318-19102004>I would have to disagree with your link suggestion
below. The problem is that the link does not make sense out of
context. Think of bringing up a link list in Jaws. It is
particularly frustratiing if there are many story leads on a single page all
with the same link text "More on this story" after each lead. This
practice is very widespread and creates accessibility and usability
issues. My suggestion is to follow the example of the print
newspapers. When a print news article continues on another page at the end
of the current block we are given some guidance of what to look for. "See
Accessibility B12" We can do the same with a link to the remainder of the
article on a web site "More on Accessibility" instead of "More on this
story" This approach has two advantages to someone using a link list for
navigation. First it tells them what to expect when they activate the
link, second it tells them that there is something important prior to this link
that they may want to read first.

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<SPAN
class=525375318-19102004>Mike
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<FONT
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link or a "More on this story" link after the precis.<SPAN
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