comment on WACEM 1.0 -- use of internal links

• From: Jennifer Sutton <jsuttondc@gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:40:45 -0700
• To: public-wai-evaltf@w3.org
• Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.2.20120929122213.019a31c8@earthlink.net>

I'd like to commend the Evaluation Task Force on the development of 
the 20 September working draft of Web Site Accessibility Conformance 
Evaluation Methodology 1.0. This document will offer a useful overall 
framework for a range of audiences who are committed to making the 
Web more accessible.

In order to make the document easier to read, I recommend lessening 
the number of "within page" links. As a point of interest, my screen 
reader reports that this version of the document has 648 links.

I think too many links are visually distracting, and they certainly 
disrupt the audio reading flow when using a screen reader. As 
examples, I would mention "in page" links to terms such as "web site" 
and "web sites."  I recommend linking to a term one time, at the 
beginning of each new section.

Thank you for considering this comment.

Best,
Jennifer

Received on Saturday, 29 September 2012 19:41:18 UTC