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Re: End of page notification

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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Dec 17, 2012 3:49PM

I think there are 2 issues being discussed:
1) the screen reader not recognizing the </body> tag (the end of the entire webpage) and continuing to read browser status bar, etc.

As stated by Greg: "I've noticed using NVDA that it continues into the browser status bar and on. Is this a problem?"

It seems that screen reader software should recognize the end of the webpage's </body> tag. I think this is a problem for users because status bar information is usually not needed and in those cases where it is needed, it should be accessible by a shortcut.

2) But I don't think that addresses another problem: the end of a story/main content portion of the webpage, rather than the end of the entire webpage.



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