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From: Vincent Young
Date: Tue, Mar 06 2012 8:03PM
Subject: Skip to Main Content
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A while back Elle had mentioned she was in a situation where a there was
push back on a visible Skip to Main Content link. Below is a proof of
concept of a possible solution:

http://www.webhipster.com/testing/accessibility/jquery-skip-widget/

I see this widget as a conversation starter for ways in which to enhance
the general user experience.

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Wed, Mar 07 2012 2:54AM
Subject: Re: Skip to Main Content
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The following example is a basic scaffolding of what else I had in mind for
a "skip to main content" widget:

http://webhipster.com/testing/accessibility/jquery-skip-widget-enhanced/

Used jQuery UI for a quick setup.

Looking for thoughts, criticism, new ideas, etc.

Thanks.

-Vincent



On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Vincent Young < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> A while back Elle had mentioned she was in a situation where a there was
> push back on a visible Skip to Main Content link. Below is a proof of
> concept of a possible solution:
>
> http://www.webhipster.com/testing/accessibility/jquery-skip-widget/
>
> I see this widget as a conversation starter for ways in which to enhance
> the general user experience.
>
> --
> WebHipster Interactive, ltd.
> Vincent Young - Principal
> 742 N Sweetzer
> West Hollywood, CA 90069
> p: 614.607.3400
> f: 339-674-3400
> e: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> w: http://www.webhipster.com
>
>


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Vincent Young - Principal
742 N Sweetzer
West Hollywood, CA 90069
p: 614.607.3400
f: 339-674-3400
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w: http://www.webhipster.com

From: Bevi Chagnon
Date: Wed, Mar 07 2012 8:09AM
Subject: Re: Skip to Main Content
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Vincent,
Most of my federal government clients have scripts and widgets disabled by
their IT departments.
I wonder how well this method will work on those workstations. It would be
worthwhile to test if the jQuery script is affected or not.
--Bevi Chagnon

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Wed, Mar 07 2012 11:27AM
Subject: Re: Skip to Main Content
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> Most of my federal government clients have scripts and widgets disabled
by their IT departments.
> I wonder how well this method will work on those workstations. It would be
> worthwhile to test if the jQuery script is affected or not.

If you are building the widget from a skip link in HTML mark-up, you'll
still have the basic skip link functionality. Didn't build in any CSS3
fallback Would be good for someone to add. Maybe I'll put it on github.
Thanks.

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Bevi Chagnon < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Vincent,
> Most of my federal government clients have scripts and widgets disabled by
> their IT departments.
> I wonder how well this method will work on those workstations. It would be
> worthwhile to test if the jQuery script is affected or not.
> --Bevi Chagnon
>
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> PubCom - Trainers, consultants, designers, and developers
> Print, Web, Acrobat, XML, eBooks, and Federal Section 508
> --
> * It's our 30th Year! *
>

From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Wed, Mar 07 2012 6:30PM
Subject: Re: Skip to Main Content
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Vincent,
There's two things I spot that tarnish this some:
1- after I use the link once, it disappears, and no longer available
for me to use, unless I hit back
2- also, how would multiple links be done if it disappears.

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Ryan E. Benson



On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Vincent Young < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> A while back Elle had mentioned she was in a situation where a there was
> push back on a visible Skip to Main Content link.  Below is a proof of
> concept of a possible solution:
>
> http://www.webhipster.com/testing/accessibility/jquery-skip-widget/
>
> I see this widget as a conversation starter for ways in which to enhance
> the general user experience.
>
> --
> WebHipster Interactive, ltd.
> Vincent Young - Principal
> 742 N Sweetzer
> West Hollywood, CA 90069
> p: 614.607.3400
> f: 339-674-3400
> e: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> w: http://www.webhipster.com
>