Hi Sarah,
COLD WAR AND NAVIGATION CRITIQUE
A usability consideration with link duplication is the potential for
'navigational confusion'. This becomes more pronounced if there are
*apparent* differences either in presentation or wording of the
navigation. To polarise the issue, it can be usefu
Hi, Sarah
By the accessibility point of view there's no problem in duplicating
links on a page if you follow this simple rule: all similar links (links with
same text) *must* point to the same pages.
Cheers!
Angela
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Hi Sarah,
I duplicate my main menu in the footer for those interior pages that scroll
vertically more then
one-page down so the user doesn't have to scroll up to navigate.
I know this is a common practice, which of course an intra-page link such as
'back to top" is
another viable option often e
Hi William,
Yes, I agree.
However, the main navigation elements for websites I design are almost
always css based (no images). So is there a valid argument for providing
a footer navigation? Or, are there problems with the duplication of
links for screen readers and/or disadvantages with search e
I think this practice is a remnant of pre-accessibility days where navigation options that were provided as images were duplicated as plain text links in the footer to aid people with images turned off etc.
With judicious use of alt tags I don't believe this is something that is still necessary.
