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Re: Keyboard navigation using arrows only

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Sep 3, 2014 10:23AM

> Also for what it's worth, Microsoft Windows controls are irrelevant when you're trying to build websites and be agnostic about operating systems and browsers.

ARIA controls are converted into platform level accessibility APIs by the browser so they may be consumed by user agents such as screen readers. In fact many ARIA controls and composite structures are based on equivalent OS level accessibility APIs. So, there is a close relationship between these two concepts for consistency among assistive technology with native and web apps.

Jonathan