Some changes we've made are now available for all of our SDL Web customers.  First up, we've fixed a minor CSS bug that prevented the "skip to content" link from displaying.  Now when you hit your tab key, the first tab into the page will display the "skip to content" link, giving users the option to skip down to the content. This option has always been available to our screen reader users, but now is visually present when tabbed into that element.

If you are wondering why the words "skip to content" are not always visible, the answer is pretty straight forward.  Years ago when mobile device screen real estate was minimal and you had no means of quickly scrolling through content, a "skip to content" link made it significantly easier to navigate past the header and menu and right down to content without having to repeatedly press the down arrow key on your flip phone.  But technology has significantly changed with the prolific presence of smartphones and other touch-driven devices, rendering the need for a visible link nearly irrelevant. 

The second, more notable addition is a new formatting option that's been added to the flex row configurations — light.  This new light gray (specifically the hex value #eceff3) gives you one more option in the arsenal of configuring your flex pages.

You do not need to do anything to inherit these changes.  All stylesheets have been re-published and the new schema change to the flex row configuration automatically trickles down to everyone.