Re: [w3c-wai-ig] side menu and screen readers

Hi Bernard

Just put the side navigation on the right and the content
(which gets read first) in the left box

For example:

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/journey/

cheers

Mark Dale


>Hi all,
>
>A regular screen reader user of our web site has said to us that the use of
>a side bar navigation system on sites is a pet hate for him.  His problem is
>that his reader has to plough through all the side bar information before
>getting to the content on the page.
>
>We are in the process of re-developing our site and I'd be very interested
>in comments on this issue.
>
>Regards
>Bernard Silva
>Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner
>www.privacy.go.au

Received on Friday, 2 March 2001 08:46:27 UTC