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Re: skip-nav tabindex setfocus etc.

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Mar 15, 2006 2:40AM

On 15/03/06, Christian Heilmann < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> The new WaSP templates will have this as well, however, I personally
> think a visible skip link shows buy-in to web accessibility a lot more
> than any "WCAG compliant and Bobby Approved" banners would ever do.
>
> We do use visible "back to top" links, why not "skip to navigation"?
>
> The ones on my blog (http://www.wait-till-i.com/) got hardly noticed
> by anyone who wanted to just read the content but got good feedback
> from people who really needs skip links.

+1 on that idea. I did the same on http://optics.org/ but haven't had
any feedback from people who appreciate the inclusion, just queries
from people wondering what the skip link is!

Actually, if anyone would like to have a look at the above site and
point out any serious access issues (I hope there are few or none but
you never know...), it'd be much appreciated.

Regards,

Tim