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Re: Re[2]: Re[2]: Dayton Art Alternative Descriptions

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From: Mary Martinson Grossnickle
Date: Nov 9, 2004 3:11PM

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> > I thought that many JAWS users don't actually make use of the skip
> > navigation links at all, because they have set the browser to skip the
> > repeated section at the top of each page automatically or because
> > they use other shortcuts to jump to headings or something. Maybe it
> > depends on what version of JAWS one uses, or on how experienced one
> > is with it?

The JAWS users I have had in usability testing _do_ use the skip nav links.
Many people use only the basic JAWS commands, and may not have learned the
keyboard combination that lets them skip to content. It's hard to learn that
product by just listening to the tutorial, and many people use only the
basics that someone else has shown them. Also, I don't think that we can
eliminate accessibility techniques (such as skip nav) and justify it by
saying that the assistive technology can handle it now (not that you implied
that, but I've heard that argument before). You are right to question
whether it depends on the level of experience and the version. Always
important considerations.
Mary Grossnickle