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Re: arai-describedby and aria-hidden

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From: Ricardo Sánchez
Date: Feb 5, 2015 12:56PM

Hi, Lynn,

I also think that Aria is a breakthrough in accessibility and think we
should explore the possibilities offered to enhance the user experience. I
appreciate and learn from the contributions in this list, so we can consult
our ideas before creating a page that creates problems for users.

Best regards.
Ricardo Sánchez

-----Mensaje original-----
From: Lynn Holdsworth
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 5:38 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] arai-describedby and aria-hidden

Ricardo, it's great that you're aware of how annoying and
time-consuming repetition can be, and that you're using ARIA to solve
real-world problems. I think that ARIA is the best thing that's
happened to accessibility in a very long while.

I'd agree with what the others have said - but keep coming up with
ideas like this and running them past us. I've learned a few things
just by reading this thread, and perhaps others have too.

Best, Lynn

On 05/02/2015, Ricardo Sánchez < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Thanks, Bikir, for his contribution, further clarifies the problems that
> this use might suppose.
>
> Best regards.
> Ricardo Sánchez
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 2:00 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] arai-describedby and aria-hidden
>
> Well said folks, I agree that this is certainly doable, but not
> necessarily a bet practice.
> For this particular example it would be ok, but what if the hint said,
> say "in case you are unable to log on, call our customer service at 1
> 800 444 5969, ext. 19827 098 9663888 799 0) (.. for those who have
> seen the I.T. Crowd, you probably get the reference).
> In other words, if the hint text contains something that the user
> needs to memorize or explore, they need to be able to traverse the
> hint character by character, copy and paste etc.
> Still, I like the thought behind what you did, it is a creative use of
> the fact that aria-describedby overrides hidden settings.
> You never know when ideas come in handy, so thanks for posting this one.
> -B
> P.s. Jaws will not read targets of aria-describedby when the verbosity
> setting is set to "intermediate" or "advanced", so Jaws users would be
> completely unable to see this text in any mode, if they have their
> verbosity set that way.
>
>
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