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

Received on Friday, 24 August 2007 00:21:22 UTC