Posted by Dylan Parry on 08/06/07 15:16

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
that it was best to put the content first and the navigation following
it, but started to think about it - what's more annoying: having to
select a "skip navigation" link/listening to the same navigation on
every page; or realising you're on the wrong page but having to listen
to 20 paragraphs of content before getting to the navigation?

For that reason, I'm inclined to think that perhaps the best place for
the navigation is indeed before the content with a link to skip it. I
know I'd rather select that link on each page that wade through the
content just to get to the next page!

What are your thoughts on this issue?

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Dylan Parry
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