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Re: looking for htmltechniqueto provide a methodto skiprepetitive navigation linksi

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From: Patrick Lauke
Date: Oct 12, 2006 4:50AM

> Egan, Bim

> When your viewport is a fraction of the screen, roughly the
> size of a credit card, it is very useful to be able to have
> the focus (and viewport) snap to the region of a page that
> you're interested in. It saves a lot of time panning round
> for the required content.
>
> On this basis I'd say that skip links should not only be
> available, but also visible.

But isn't the more sustainable and logical solution for user to use
the tools/browsers that are most suitable for their particular needs
(e.g. browsers like Opera with useful commands and keyboard shortcuts etc)
and to learn how to use them properly? Where does user education
come into play here? And is it part of the remit of organisations such
as RNIB to help promote user education and make their customers and
stakeholders aware of the tools that are available for them and how
they can benefit from them? And possibly even put pressure on
tool/browser developers to implement better functionality?

Sorry, this sounds far more antagonistic than it's meant, but as
Alastair pointed out, it's my hobby horse...

P
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Patrick H. Lauke
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