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Posted by David Mark on 08/07/07 23:37
On Aug 7, 11:54 am, Bernhard Sturm <sturmnixs...@datacomm.ch> wrote:
> David Mark wrote:
> > On Aug 6, 11:16 am, Dylan Parry <use...@dylanparry.com> wrote:
> >> I've been wondering lately about navigation and accessibility. There are
> >> two places that the navigation can "live":
>
> >> 1) Before the content;
> >> 2) After the content
>
> >> But which is best from an accessibility point of view? I used to think
>
> > After the content.
>
> interesting thinking, but what happens when you follow a search engine
> result list and end up on a subpage? You would first
If you put content first then the search engine snippets are more
likely to lead users to the page with the content they are after.
see or hear only
> the content without knowing if the site has actually the content you
> were looking for. I tend to have favor a more structured
This will most often happen when navigation is at the top as every
search result says the same thing (eg Home, Site Map, etc.)
approach: show
> me the structure (hence navigation) of a site, and then what I will get
I can't see how the navigation would logically precede the content on
a page.
> content wise. I always put an (invisible) metanavigation to the content
> and menus on each page:
>
> * skip to content
> * skip to navigation
>
> - About us
> - Our Products
> - Where to find us
>
> Here is our content
>
> This seems to me the most logical way as it follows a well known
> structured approach (first thing in a book is the table of contents,
But the table of contents does not appear at the top of every page.
> first thing on each elevator exit in a building are signs what can be
> found on each level).
I think Web sites are more like books than buildings and the maps off
the elevator don't get in the way of the "content" of the floor.
> If you put it the other way round, you will force people to search
> actively for the navigation, which seems to me a wrong approach.
Why would they have to search for it? If it doesn't appear in a
sidebar (eg on a handheld), you display a link at the top that jumps
right to it.
Navigation:
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