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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Oct 8, 2012 11:46PM

Thanks for the links Jason. While I understand what the two articles
are saying, my biggest concern is trying to explain this to non-savvy
people. My first impression is if W3C is advocating using h1's all
over, why didn't they just get rid of H1-6, and just make a heading
element? There would be the draw back of when would it be an h3 versus
an h2, which ultimately would lead to section-itous vs div-itous.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Jason Kiss < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Lucy,
>
> Regarding the headings issues, is the H1 nested in an HTML5 sectioning element, e.g., <section>, <article>, <nav>, or <aside>? If so, and you are using JAWS12/13/14 in IE, that would explain it. JAWS implements (albeit incorrectly) the HTML5 outlining algorithm. This will have an effect on how heading level is reported for headings nested in sectioning elements. See http://www.accessibleculture.org/articles/2011/10/jaws-ie-and-headings-in-html5/ for more info.
>
> Checking out http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201103/html5_sectioning_elements_headings_and_document_outlines/ might also be of use.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jason
>
>
> On 9/10/2012, at 5:35 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> hello:
>> i have been doing some web testing and have come across a very
>> strange behavior. if i run the page thru NVDA and voice over the page
>> shows an h1 in the right place and where it should be. however jaws
>> shows the same heading as an h2. we have checked the source code and
>> it is definitely a h1.
>>
>> as well, on the same page jaws has turned all the lists on the page to
>> navigation landmarks. has any one seen this before?
>>
>> the designer is using the modernizr javascript library and i suspect
>> this may have something to do with it but i can't tell for sure.
>> before you ask i can't share the link or code sorry
>>
>> lucy
>>
>> Lucia Greco
>> Web Access Analyst
>> IST-Campus Technology Services
>> University of California, Berkeley
>> (510) 289-6008
>> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
>> >> >> >
> > >