I don't think I've ever used the Skip Navigation link. I always jump to 
header first. Then I may try other screen reader navigation commands. 
Finally, I use the arrow keys. In fact, if I'm new or relatively new to 
a website, I do a lot of arrowing around to find out what's there, etc.

One thing I notice in Windows is that screen reader navigation commands 
don't always work. Though this happens more often with Jaws, I don't 
think it's a Jaws issue. For example, at work I sometimes use a page 
with a single checkbox in it. I can get to the checkbox with the arrows 
or with the tab key, but the screen reader says there are no checkboxes 
when I try the jump-to command. I've figured out that, if the checkbox 
is in a frame and focus is outside the frame, the screen reader won't 
find it. Sometimes the same thing happens with tables: the screen reader 
doesn't look for the element inside the table if focus is somewhere 
else. But this isn't consistent.

This is relatively new behavior (within the last year or so), and 
because of it, I notice I'm less trusting in what the screen reader reports.


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