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Re: wai-aria presentation roles vs skip links

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Nov 14, 2012 8:37AM

Hi Nancy

I would say, unfortunately, yes.
Some A.T. has not yet adapted WAI-ARIA compatibility, though it is
happening (upcoming Window Eyes v8.0 has ARIA support, it is coming,
same with Supernova v14, both are screen readers, but keep in mind
upgrades can be expensive and many users will not upgrade overnight).
Again, these are just two apps off the top of my head, not pointing to
them as examples of behind-the-times mentality or bad practice in any
way.
For backwards compatibility I would keep skip-to links for some time
to come. It seems ARIA is really taking hold now, and my answer might
be different in a year, but I do think it is safe to keep these in.
Of course another way to look at these it what is available i free
screen reading or other A.T. apps (NvDA, Google Chrome Vox etc.) all
of which do support skip-links, and say users need to use these since
they are freely available, but people are creatures of habit, and it
will also take time. I only mentioned screen readers because I am not
so sure about Dragon Dictate and other software support of ARIA,
though I do believe dictation software does not yet support these
landmarks.

Cheers
-B

On 11/14/12, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I add presentation wai-aria roles, do I still need to use skip links?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nancy
> > > >