Designing for Accessibility

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selector only works on real anchors, not on pretend ones.

* Page readers don’t understand them. It’s not just blind users who have their web pages read to them People often listen to webpages while they’re travelling. Page readers make a little noise to indicate an anchor. They don’t do anything about a pretend anchor.

* Browsers don’t always understand them. Non-anchors rely on JavaScript to work. Not all browsers allow JavaScript, and those that do allow users to switch it off for security reasons. No Javascript: no pretend anchors.

How can you check?

* Don’t use your mouse to navigate around a page – try using the tab key instead. (Shift-tab to move backwards)

* Switch off “Javascript” or “Scripts” in your browser, and see if the website still works.

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