Hello Pierre,

I'm certainly a fan of that technique. I've used it on a few sites. More 
often than not, though, I simply provide a marker as a visual indicator when 
styles aren't supported. Such can be seen on the last site I did [1] where I 
mark the non-anchor with ←

[1] http://myrnamunroe.org/

I've done that with anchors though as well such as on few sites I've done 
[2, 3].

[2] http://thompsoncenterassoc.org/
[3] http://graybit.com/

Then I've done another technique with anchors using an image and then one 
layer down some alt text [4]. This probably isn't a great method, but it is 
a rather old site... (was my first go at an elastic design).

[4] http://gbhxonline.com/

Something similar I also did at Accessites with the style changer links 
(though I should have done the latter with script instead of how I chose to 
do it).

[5] http://accessites.org/settings/#thechanger

I do like the idea of using actual text because it not only provides a 
marker, but it does so with something that has more meaning than an arrow 
thus better serving a larger cross-section of users. Thus I like your idea 
best, or with Russ's abbreviated suggestion -- either way.

Good job!

Respectfully,
Mike Cherim





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "russ - maxdesign" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Web Standards Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] Ozewai2005 fork


Hi Pierre-Henri ,
That's an interesting idea. I haven't seen it used before but there is
rarely anything new under the sun  ;)

I agree about the removal of the href for the current page. Simpler wording
like "Current page: " may be better, but that is nitpicking.

<li><strong><a id="birds01"><span class="offleft">Current page: </span>
Australian Pelican </a></strong></li>

Like anything, always worth testing with real users to see if it is
beneficial/confusing etc.

Thanks
Russ



on 28/10/06 8:48 AM, Pierre-Henri Lavigne at wrote:

> Howdy WSG,
>
> After reading Mr Weakley 
> http://www.usability.com.au/resources/ozewai2005/, I
> was wondering for one of my work if this could be a true way to dynamic 
> add
> the following modification for example :
>
> Original Reference :
> http://www.usability.com.au/resources/ozewai2005/sample/index.htm
>
>     <h2 class="structurelabel">
>         Site navigation
>     </h2>
>     <ul id="sitenav">
>         <li><a href="index.htm">Home</a></li>
>         <li><a href="water.htm">Water birds</a></li>
>         <li><a href="land.htm">Land birds</a></li>
>         <li><a href="urban.htm">Urban birds</a></li>
>
>     </ul>
>     <h2 class="structurelabel">
>         Water birds navigation
>     </h2>
>     <ol id="secondarynav">
>         <li><strong><a id="birds01">Australian Pelican <span
> class="offleft">Here you are</span></a></strong></li>
>         <li><a href="birds02.htm">Black Swan</a></li>
>         <li><a href="birds03.htm">Little Pied Cormorant</a></li>
>         <li><a href="birds04.htm">Purple Swamphen</a></li>
>         <li><a href="birds05.htm">Musk Duck</a></li>
>     </ul>
>
> If this is true, I suppose I'm not creating a new method. Can anyone link 
> me a
> reference please ?
>
> Cheers,
>
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