They don't offer skip links, their top navigation is still graphical.
However this is a development or management issue. If you compare the
differences between wired and espn, you can see the difference easily.
Part of the difference here is that ESPN is owned by Disney and is part of
Microsoft's MSN. This means that Microsoft's ugly unsupported info comes up
first. Once you get past that, it is more accessible. But again, these were
design decisions and not the result of how styles work.
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From: Jeremy Brodie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:23 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re:Section 508
Jochem,
I'll explain by example.
For example the wired.com front page only uses stylesheets for mark-up and
positioning, using just DIV, P, SPAN and Header tags attached to IDs. (This
page uses best practices from accessablity point of view according to the
W3). If one were to pull the stylesheet entirely then the page would show
numerous links, ads, promotions, Terra Lycos branding, market quotes and
information before going to the most important content to the reader-- the
stories and their descriptions!
While the page still functions and does not break (don't get me wrong,
that's important too!) the user has a long way before having the opportunity
to even read the important stories of the day. For people with low vision
(who this requirement was designed for) it becomes difficult to navigate the
site (ie less useable).
Jeremy Brodie
Edgewater Technology
web: http://www.edgewater.com
phone:(703) 815-2500
nasdaq symbol: EDGE
>
> Why would a page loos its useability and clearness if you pull
> the stylesheet away? Sure, it looses colors, positioning and
> fonts, but does that _by_necessity_ mean that useability and
> clearness is lost?
>
> Jochem
>
> --
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> - Loesje
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