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Re: please test expanding content areas

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From: Angela French
Date: Feb 7, 2012 3:39PM

Is there Aria I might incorporate into the hidden content that, could make this work? I have not travelled down the Aria path yet.
Angela

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>Perhaps I would read through the whole page once, not "clicking" on
>anything. Then I might navigate back by heading, going to the headings that
>were reported as links ("Sounds interesting!..."), & then try hitting Enter or
>Space. Hearing no indication that these links were doing anything, I might
>give up on the page.
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>The main point being, if there is no indication (focus change etc) that new
>content has appeared, screen reader users may not find it, even if it's sitting
>"right there!". This may change as people get more accustomed to dynamic
>content, "links" not actually being links to new pages, etc. But for the time
>being we need some kind of tip-off.
>
>Hope that's clearer,
>>Patrick
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