Advantages of 2.0 Success Criteria

Hi All,

This issue of navigation is clear and 
specific in WCAG 2.0 Guideline 2.4. 
 Success Criterion 2.4.1 illustrates 
this.
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2.4.1 Bypass Blocks: A mechanism is 
available to bypass blocks of content 
that are repeated on multiple
  - Provides page skimming capability 
for users with reading disabilities 
and inability to use the mouse.
  - Not Priority 1, in WCAG 1.0, this 
Level A Success criterion in WCAG 2.0 
permits the developer a range of 
techniques to satisfy the criteria.
  - This can be implemented in many 
ways
     - Document outline organized
       using heading elements.
     - Table of contents using links.
     - Chains of skip-links from block
       to block





Wayne Dick PhD
Chair Computer Engineering and 
Computer Science, CSU, Long Beach
Coordinator of Academic Technology 
Accessibility, CSU System