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Re: Which should come first - navigation OR content?

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From: Jens Meiert
Date: Apr 25, 2006 7:30AM

> I am not sure which I feel is better - I'm inclined to think that nav
> first, content after is more conventional thus far... maybe there is no
> better option of the two.

"The source order of a web page is likely to be of little relevance [to the
majority of screen reader users]" [1]. My experience doesn't let me
disagree.


Hope that helps,
Jens.


[1] http://usability.com.au/resources/source-order.cfm


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