[Irl-dean] EIQA's Global Website Certification - the W-Mark?

[Barry McMullin]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Henry Poskitt wrote:

> ...while we're talking about visible skip links, has anyone noticed them
> causing problems for sighted users during user testing? We originally tried
> them on the Frontend site but it certainly cause some confusion. I think
> they should be reserved for situations where they are specifically required.
> >From a purist point of view they are a bit of hack anyway, navigation using
> headers makes far more sense.

Hmmm ... I don't think there is a completely straight answer
here.  The difficulty is that "skip" is not just for people who
are blind.  People using large magnification - or people with no
disability but small screens (PDAs etc.) - are also candidates
for benefiting from this; but can't if they are made
"invisible"...

Best - B.