Re: Bit of everything
- From: Stevie D <stevie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:09:57 +0100
Andy Dingley wrote:
>> Viewing with sylesheets turned off in FF would hint that we need a
>> skip to content link?
>
> I've never really bothered. Think about the best content ordering, but
> I'm not convinced by the usefulness of these "skip the header" links.
I would prefer to have the navigation menu come after the content in
the HTML, however it is laid out on the page. That way, there is no
real need for a skip link, especially if you use a few <link rel=...>s
to link to the home page, next, prev, up, index, contents &c.
If, for one reason or another, you have the navigation before the
content, and it's a lot of navigation - I go by "if it fills more than
one screen on Lynx - then yes, I think there is a lot to be said for
having a "Skip to content" link.
> I know we had this a while ago, but is it acceptable - as in the
>> portfolio page - to open links in a new window if you specify that it
>> will happen?
>
> Well IMHO, I do this an awful lot (cries of "burn the heretic"
> offstage)
_Best_ practice would probably say no, other than in certain
exceptional and specialised cases. But I think for _pretty good_
practice, you're fine if you warn people they open in external pages.
Some would disagree. I don't know how various mobile devices and
accessibility tools interpret target="_new" to know how harmful to
usability it is.
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