cmarshall - 4:52 pm on Sep 2, 2007 (gmt 0)

I have a visual, map-based search page.

I also have an "advanced search" page that is actually far better for blind readers than the visual page.

However, for 99.9% of my visitors, I want them to land on the visual page, so it's my landing page for the search. I tried to figure out how to filter for screen readers and automatically redirect, but no dice.

At the top of the page is a button called "Advanced Search". The title attribute for this button says "Screen Readers Should Use the Advanced Search Instead of the Basic Search."

I would like to add header tags that might help screen readers go to the Advanced Search page as quickly as possible.

I have seen a TON of discussion about the efficacy of these tags, with the consensus seeming to be "They're basically useless, so don't rely on them."

However, in a "belt and suspenders" approach, I'd like to put them in there so that maybe some screen readers can use them.

What are the recommendations?