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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Jul 17, 2015 11:01AM

I am very much in favor of having browsers implement landmark navigation
for keyboard-only users, but in one-on-one conversations with some of the
people who actually write code for the browsers, there is some deep-seated
resistance to doing that, even among accessibility advocates and blind
programmers at these companies. I really don't get it. They're attitude is
that it should be an add-on and not a core feature of the browser. I
disagree completely, but nothing is going to change until we change the
minds of the people who are creating the browsers, who currently don't like
the idea.


Paul Bohman, PhD
Director of Training, Deque Systems, Inc
https://DequeUniversity.com
703-225-0380, ext.121


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On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Sailesh Panchang <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Maybe of relevance: "How to Select a Particular WCAG 2 Technique from
> Several Listed for an SC?"
> http://www.mindoversight.com/?p—
> Thanks,
> Sailesh Panchang
> > > > >