They might see that that as a link to an external source I think.
Tim Hill Computer Associates Graphic Artist tel: +612 9937 0792 fax: +612 9937 0546 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jackie Reid Sent: Thursday, 25 November 2004 5:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Sometimes you just cant help people ... Why cant you just say "read content" and leave the skip bit out altogether jackie Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > Hill, Tim wrote: > >> I believe as more sites take >> this approach on board, it will become more prevalent to these users >> of what the links do. > > > I'd agree with that. Additional two points: > - even if the user doesn't understand what they are, and decides to > skip them (no pun intended), it doesn't significantly degrade their > user experience compared to other sites; what I'm trying to say is: > it's a bonus, an extra feature, icing on the cake that many large > sites don't necessarily have yet...but it's not an essential part. > Even if the user ignores it, the site remains as usable as the one > without skip links; > - be careful not to take the comment of a single user to signify a > whole section of the audience; of course, it's a comment we need to > take on board, but it can only be a truly useful comment that actually > dramatically influences our design decisions if an overwhelming number > of users make it - in the same way that we wouldn't necessarily take > any single sighted user's comments as an imperative (hey, I don't like > navigation on the left, but I prefer it on the top). > > That's not to say that it's not an interesting observation. Just to > clarify: I'm not trying to belittle the original thread starter's > message...just playing devil's advocate and making sure this doesn't > cause a knee-jerk wave from less pragmatic developers. > > Patrick H. Lauke ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
