Hi Anthony, I've always found through usability testing, that people use the highest level of navigation to get back to the start of a task (generally the tabs). Using the first pattern plus a body ID and CSS to highlight the current tab (and remove the a:hover cursor) will give the same effect as removing the link whilst allowing users to click on the tab if required (which they almost certainly will do).
If you use the second pattern, be sure there's a link to the top-level of navigation inside that page, or a user will have to visit a different section in order to get back to the top level of the section they're in. Steve On 12/05/2008, Anthony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have any guides to developing standards based/accessible web > applications like Basecamp ? > > For example a common pattern for website navigation is the tab list of > links > > <ul> > <li><a href ...>Cats</li> > <li><a href ...>Dogs/li> > <li><a href ...>Mice</li> > </ul> > > However web applications often copy the navigation pattern from desktop > apps > of having the tab to the resource your viewing not a link > > # .dogs.htm > > <ul> > <li><a href ...>Cats</li> > <li><em>Dogs</em></li> > <li><a href ...>Mice</li> > </ul> > > Is the second pattern acceptable ? > > Other questions on building web standards applications might be : how do > you > direct assistive device users to errors in forms or how do you handle ajax > updates to items on the page. > > Any thoughts/blog posts/podcasts on the subject welcome. > > Tony > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
