Re: [WSG] Sometimes you just cant help people ...

[Paul Novitski]

Since "navigation" presents a jargon problem, perhaps "menu" or another 
less techie term might work:

        Skip past menu
        Jump over menu
What's an appropriate metaphor for a navigation menu if you're not a 
programmer and if your interaction with the menu is functional & auditory 
and not visual?

Also I wonder whether a concise table of contents for the page would work:
        Jump to:
          - page content
          - page menu
          - website menu
          - page footer
Once users became accustomed to such a convention, they would know to take 
the first option most of the time.

And better than proceeding by speculation and trial & error, of course, 
would be to poll visually-impaired users to find out what metaphors & 
wording they'd prefer.  I imagine this has already been done...?

Paul
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