RE: Skip to content link

..which is a public relations problem of epic proportions.
Not only because millions do not get their needs met, but because screen 
readers are considered interchangeable for one another.



On Fri, 8 Mar 2024, Adam Cooper wrote:

> " Skip links etc are not meant for you. They're meant for keyboard users that don't use a screen reader... (because not everything in accessibility is about SR users *grin*)"
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> Music to my ears, Patrick, but alas unfortunately not in Australia where 'accessibility' is synonymous with 'screen reader' ...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 12:13 PM
> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Skip to content link
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> On 08/03/2024 00:31, Adam Cooper wrote:
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>> But, more importantly, why would I bother using a skip link when
>> screen reader applications provide much more efficient and diverse
>> ways of entering the content of a view …
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> Skip links etc are not meant for you. They're meant for keyboard users that don't use a screen reader... (because not everything in accessibility is about SR users *grin*)
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