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Re: looking for html technique to provide a methodto skiprepetitive navigation linksi

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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Oct 11, 2006 9:50AM

Patrick Lauke wrote:
>> Cheryl D Wise
>
>> Sip & puff users? I've never had the opportunity to observe the use
>> of those devices so I have no clue. Does anyone else?
>
> I was going to send a further clarifying message, but didn't. This
> brings it up though: I use "keyboard navigation" as a synonym for
> non-mouse, non-pointing-device style (including head wands and
> similar) interaction. AFAIK even sip & puff, switch activation, etc
> actions effectively are translated to keyboard commands at the
> OS/driver level, so they wouldn't make any difference in this
> context.
>

Doesn't it depend on the device and/or software being used? The
Headmouse [*], for instance, is a mouse not a keyboard operator (though
it can also be used with keyboard software).
Someone using such a device would find the skip navigation link useful
as it would cut down on head movements. If the user had the keyboard
software they could swap but that would entail extra head movements.

Penny
[*]http://orin.com/access/headmouse/index.htm