Posted by Chaddy2222 on 08/06/07 15:30

On Aug 7, 1:16 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
> 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?
>
Ummm, neather?. I can use the control key to stop the speach from
reading stuff that I don't really want and to get to the main content
I can just use the nubers 1 through 6 to find section headings. In a
decent screanreader anyway. Which I think is all of them.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.awardspace.biz

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