[Sigia-l] potential challenge to the dominance of the left nav bar in local navigation

[Peter VanDijck]

> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Thomas Vander Wal wrote:
> 
> There can be solid accessibility benefits from using a righthand
> navigation, as users with sight assisted reading applications do not
> have to skip the navigation as it will be read at the end of the page
> then read what is on the right side of the page.

That's a misconception. Whether you use CSS or tables for layout, it
does not matter if your navigation is left or right, you can still have
screenreaders read your content first. Also, having your navigation
*after* your content still means you need a *skip to navigation* link.
PeterV