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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: Sandy
Date: Jan 10, 2013 9:52AM

Birkir, thanks so much for taking the time to do this.

I have a new test page with some changes:
http://inclusivemedia.ca/launch/index-sf12.shtml

The logo now has an alt="" and the name is included in the link. I left
off the tagline.

I have this there because the logo/homepage link is a bit of a
convention, now, and people do click it whether it's a link or not. (It
won't stay on this page, since this is the home page.)

I added "phone" to the phone number.

Took the navigation landmark off the skip link and the search off the
search. Anyone else have an opinion about that? This strikes me as
possibly contentious.

Marked up "news" with a heading.

What do you think? and THANKS again.

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
>> >> >> >>
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