Re: Using Heading to Replace Skip Links

On Wed, 09 May 2012 03:57:24 +0200, Kazuhito Kidachi <kazuhito@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Patrick H. Lauke
> <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 09/05/2012 02:08, Kazuhito Kidachi wrote:
>> On the other hand, users that DO rely on keyboard-only navigation should
>> also be using tools that make it easier for them to do so.
...
>> I believe the important part is that it's technically/programmatically
>> possible for users to navigate the structure of a page in a sensible and
>> easy manner. Not all browsers/tools/AT will be able to, but as long as
>> there's at least one tool that does support sensible navigation in this
>> fashion, I'd argue that the SC is satisfied. IMHO of course.
>
> Well, do you think web pages with proper headings/landmarks can comply
> with 2.4.1, without providing skip links, because keyboard-only users
> can choose Opera browser (or, Firefox with Heading Navigation
> Greasemonkey User Script)?

Yes, although I suggest today that this is a pretty legalistic  
interpretation. It is *still* a good ide to put in skip links :S

Although it might be worth knowing that skip links were introduced as a  
hack authors made because screen readers *didn't* permit header-by-header  
navigation when WCAG1 was being developed and deployed.

It's not hard to make the script for other browsers, I suspect. I'll see  
if I can get Daniel Glazman's script that provides a complete navigation  
frame, which would be even better.

cheers

Chaals

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