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Re: ARIA difficult for non-screenreader users?

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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: May 13, 2013 8:59AM

Bryan Garaventa wrote:

> E.G Tabbing through menu items that contain role=menuitem makes it seem
> like
> many menus are on the same page, the same with Listbox options, the same
> with ARIA Tabs, and so on.
>

I don't find that so far, at least with keyboard-only / VoiceOver / NVDA
(which I have to hand). With this example:
http://alastairc.ac/testing/aria-tabs/


If the scripting can't be made to work properly for an ARIA widget, then
> ARIA should not be used, otherwise this perpetuates bad ARIA
> implementations
> across the web.


That is something I'd like to avoid, but on the other hand, it seems like
we need more of an "on ramp", an easier transition for people using
WAI-ARIA as it is currently a blocker.

-Alastair