Other Examples of Invisible Help

  • Long descriptions in table summaries

    • Use caption or link to descriptive page.

  • Invisible GIFs with "helpful" ALT tags

    • Screen readers cannot skip over this information

    • Often would be just as useful to non-screen reader users.

  • Multiple Skip Navigation entries

    • Assumes users rely on links to navigate page

    • Often unclear ("headlines," "stories," "events")

    • Good for: frames, links pages, multi-column pages