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Re: 2 questions - describe the logo or just say it's the logo? aria role for contact info?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jan 10, 2013 8:58AM

Hi Sandy

Regarding the logo/link. I generally get annoyed by information about
logos, find them more of a visual candy usually.
How about putting the sentence after the logo into the link and set
the logo´s alt to ""
Then a link would read:
"inclusive media & design : web media accessibility for all"
I am not sure where the link points though or why it is a link at all
(isn't the "home" link part of the navigation menu just a little bit
below?=

Regarding the contact info. I like it as it is, just an h2 heading at
the end. I wish there was a dedicated aria role for contact info
actually, banner to me has always been a bit vague and hard to decide
when to use it. Just make sure to put "ph: " or "phone: " before the
phone number, to avoid any type of confusion. Sometimes screen readers
do not read phone numbers as such, just each digit individually, and
it can get confusing.

Also, I would advice against putting a navigation landmark around the
"skip to content" link at the top of the page. Just like with
headings, too many landmarks reduce the usefulness significantly, so I
would take that one out.
Regarding the search, that´s a bit of a different issue. This is the
only edit box on this particular page, and the search landmark seems a
bit superfluous, but on any page where there are multiple edit fields
(such as multiple types of searches or a form) the search landmark
role comes in very handy.
Of course one can always create one's own custom regions by using
aria-label along with the region role )I can dig up a link to samples
of this and post it, no problem), though I am not sure how popular it
is to implement custom aria roles.
Please make sure the news section is marked up with a "news" heading,
even if it is off-screen, easier to jump directly to the news stories.
hth
-B

On 1/10/13, Sandy < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> hey all,
>
> I have a couple of really basic questions.
>
> I have a test page up which has a logo which is a link to the home page.
> It has the alt text "home. IMD logo." Should I describe the logo or
> would this be a torment of aural clutter?
>
> Also, is there a good aria role for a div that contains a phone number
> and email address?
>
> http://inclusivemedia.ca/launch/index-sf11.shtml
>
> The site is a work in progress -- we are redoing the whole thing,
> starting with the home page. I would really appreciate any comments
> and/or suggestions.
>
> thanks!
> Sandy
> > > >