- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:14:29 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 02/08/2012 01:59, Michael Virant wrote: > users typically dismiss logos and branding as eye candy > - or hurdles to overcome for non sighted users. Ditto navigation, > advertisements and related content. > > As a rule I usually make the first element after the <body> tag the <h1> > element - the page title. This is followed by the content/article after > which any frippery can be appended then positioned with CSS to "appear" > in the flow of the user agent. > > Branding, navigation, asides, search, footers, advertising etc are not > the most important elements of the document and as such should be > relegated to their respective position in the reading sequence. Skip > links are not required making template design easier and it gives users > what they came here for - the content. Navigation as a hurdle? Frippery? Interesting, except for users that want to actually navigate your site (as sites aren't just "document-centric" anymore). P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ ______________________________________________________________ twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke ______________________________________________________________
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