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Re: Which should come first - navigation OR content?

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Apr 25, 2006 7:00AM

On 25/04/06, ben morrison < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Recently the trend has been about placing content first and using CSS
> etc to move the nav into place at the top - visually, the idea being
> that this would be better for screen readers etc.
>
> Recently I stumbled across some research that said since the majority
> of sites have been built with Nav 1st then Content, it is more likely
> to confuse most users - annoyingly I didnt bookmark the report.

But if all that has changed is the source order (ie the visual
appearance is the same), how does that "confuse most users"?

Tim