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Re: Keyboard navigation using arrows only
From: Michael Tangen
Date: Sep 3, 2014 10:29AM
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I get your point, but the problem is that all of the documentation out
there for creating accessible web menus is in itself both convoluted and
inaccessible to the average web developer/designer. You know why there's a
lot of "hacks" out there? This would be the reason.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Bryan Garaventa <
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> I understand, my point isn't with your implementation, but with the use of
> ARIA for this purpose, which won't work as expected for screen reader users.
>
> The reason for ARIA menu markup isn't just to announce 'submenu' or
> 'menu', but this actually causes specific behaviors to occur within
> browser/AT combinations, and using ARIA just to get screen readers to
> announce a specific keyword is an ARIA hack that goes against the spec.
> Meaning that it won't work reliably across devices as a result.
>
> You would be better served using offscreen text as part of the link in
> order to achieve this, than you would using ARIA improperly for this
> purpose.
>
> I don't mean to sound harsh about this, but I see implementations such as
> these every day, and they never work reliably across browsers and devices
> when programmed in ways that are not expected by user agents and ATs in
> accord with the spec.
>
>
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