Nick Gleitzman schreef:
On 30 Jun 2007, at 9:58 AM, Sander Aarts wrote:
> So you don't care at all about the cognitively challenged visitors
to your site then?
You're challenging me now as I don't have a clue what your talking
about. How does adding 'skip links' make a site less
usable/accessible for cognitively challenged people?
I think that was an ironic reference to the KISS principle...
Ah, another challenge ;-) Only after a quick search I found out what
you (and probably Michael as well) were refering to: "Keep It Simple
Stupid". I already knew the phrase, but "KISS" triggered some other
images in my mind ;-)
But what is 'simple'?
A text-only website may be optimal for assistive technology like sreen
readers or braille, but it is totally inaccessible for illiterate
people, who are probably better served with images/animation/video.
Most websites I build these days are stuffed with all sorts and levels
of navigation and different types of content. I don't create the
interaction or visual design myself so all I can really do is making
these parts of the page as accessible as possible. Trying to achieve
that, my main focus is that the content and navigation still work and
make sense even if JavaScript and CSS are turned off and when the
keyboard is used for navigation. Therefor I add extra info to the page
which is not visible within the viewport of the browser when CSS is
supported. This includes a 'skip to' menu, navigation headers and
additional texts to indicate which menu links are selected. This doesn't
make the document simpler, but I believe it makes it easier to comprehend.
My 'skip to' menu is like a map of the page and I believe it benefits
more people than it hinders.
cheers,
Sander
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