[Sigia-l] Visual Balance vs. Left Leaning Layouts

[Samantha Bailey]

Both can be done, but only a small percentage of our users are "power users"
of JAWS or whatever screen reader they're using, so a skip nav option is
probably a more user-friendly route.


Samantha Bailey
samantha at baileysorts.com | http://baileysorts.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Collins" <DCollins at phoenix-interactive.com>
To: <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Visual Balance vs. Left Leaning Layouts


> Side note:
>
> >The most powerful is some accessibility
> testing we are doing with visually impaired users. Their screen readers
read
> every single left nav option on every single page, forcing them to either
> have the sophistication to set their reader so that it allows them to skip
> this or to essentially "tab" past each option. This adds significant load
to
> their work.
>
> A common way of dealing with this is by providing a 'skip nav' link in the
> upper left. This may be what you are referring to re: "set their reader so
> that it allows them to skip". I am not sure if this technique is a reader
> setting or just a webpage design.
>
>
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