Societas et Iurisprudentia (Jun 2017)
Comparison of Applying the Skip Navigation Links in the Context of the Websites’ Accessibility of Self-governing Regions in the Slovak Republic between the Years 2014 and 2017
Abstract
The study focuses in its main aim on seeking of differences in deficits relating to applying the skip navigation mechanism on the websites of the self-governing regions in the Slovak Republic in the context of improving the websites accessibility between the years 2014 and 2017. It consists of two separate parts. The first part presents a basic introduction to the questions of skip navigation links, with the key attention paid to the following three main areas: applying of skip navigation links, visual hiding of skip navigation links, and web browsers’ bug related to skip navigation links. The second part of the study concentrates on the basis of a temporal analysis of differences in applying the skip navigation links on the websites of the self-governing regions in the Slovak Republic on the processes focused on detection of potential deficits and gaps in the websites’ accessibility or related possible non-compliance with the legislation in force.
