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Re: Rethinking "Skip to Content"

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From: michael.brockington
Date: Dec 3, 2004 9:57AM


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark.magennis [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Rethinking "Skip to Content"
>
> Incidentally, you could drop the "Go to" and the "web" parts
> of your link titles because they are implicit. You only need
> "Page content" and "Site menu".


Any time that you use the word 'implicit' in such a context you should beware
of excluding users with cognitive disabilities - excessive verbosity can be a
problem for them, but so can over abreviation.
Accessibility is not just about JAWS' idiosyncracies.

Mike


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