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Re: Interactive Elements on Older Technologies - ARIA vs Screen Reader Text

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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Jul 17, 2015 11:11AM

Hi Graham,

If you know the older browsers and Android versions that your users
will be browsing with, how feasible would it be to sniff these out and
serve them up a fallback version of the markup?

KR, Lynn

On 14/07/2015, Graham Armfield < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I'm working with a client at the moment on a website that contains
> interactivity like modals, accordions, tab panels, etc. And I'm familiar
> with all the necessary ARIA attributes that would be required to help site
> visitors with AT work with these interactive elements.
>
> However, there is a requirement to support some older browsers and site
> visitors on earlier Android platforms - some with little or no ARIA support.
>
> I'm thinking that judicious deployment of some screen reader text to
> explain what elements are for and whether they are selected/expanded would
> help the users on the older technologies.
>
> But my question is, should I deploy those alongside the full ARIA solution
> too? I'm thinking yes, as I'd rather not degrade the experience for those
> on more modern technologies that do support ARIA. However I am concerned
> that doing so may create a lot of extra noise for those on ARIA supporting
> technologies.
>
> What are your views on a sensible way forward here?
>
>
> ​Thank
> s
> Graham Armfield
>
>
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