Re: Arguments for Use of Legitimate Heading Tags

On Fri, 9 May 2003, Jerry Weichbrodt wrote:

> Hi all. 

(aaargh, your message is all on one line, which makes it hard to
reply)

I don't believe that correct usage is as rare as the tone of
your posting suggests.  In fact my subjective impression is the
opposite: it sticks out when someone has totally failed to use
headings more than when someone has structured them beautifully,
which suggests that I encounter the latter more often than the former.

One agent that supports navigation by headings but is not a screenreader
is mod_accessibility.  Because it works on a server or proxy, it is
available to users of any browser, including but not limited to
screenreaders.  If you can identify a few sites that benefit from it
in other browsers (www.w3.org is an obvious example), you have a
demonstration of benefits extending to a much wider audience than just
the blind.

-- 
Nick Kew

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