Greg,
If you put the nav links in a fram On the right of the screen the
screen reader will not have any trouble.
Take a look at:
www.mostredesign.com
On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
Another approach o the issue of menus and navigation links is to
make sure that if they are not at the end of the document flow that
they are on the right hand side of the window in languages which are
read left-to-right. This will aid in two ways:
For visual readers it will ensure that the eye falls first on the
content and not on the unrelated navigation elements as we read from
top left to bottom right. Putting the navigation elements on the
left side of the page creates the issue of always encountering
unrelated material at the start of every line. This is a particular
problem for dyslexic readers who have difficulty tracking the line
of type anyway.
For screen readers navigation on the left means that the reader must
read unrelated text and link prior to reaching the content which
slows down the process of getting information from the page.
Remember that design exists to aid in communication not to inhibit it.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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