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Re: Multiple live regions

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Aug 31, 2015 7:37AM

I echo Birkir's views.
Even sighted users may get confused if 3 different messages popup /
get updated simultaneously in different parts of the page ... They
need to be aggregated into one coherent message.
Why is one event triggering updates to different messages
simultaneously? Poor design perhaps?
Thanks,
Sailesh Panchang


On 8/31/15, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi
> It is left up to the screen reader/browser how to handle this senario.
> There is no order of precedence I believe. The ARIA User Agent
> Implementation guide http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-implementation/
> does not specifically
> lay out the processing rules for this scenario.
>
> I would be a little worried about a webpage that triggers multiple
> live regions simultaneously. Would it be possible to change the design
> to minimize that?
>
>
>
> On 8/31/15, <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Hi, all,
>> There seems to be a problem in several browser/screen reader combinations
>> when several live regions exist on the same page and they are triggered at
>> the same time. Wouldn't the expected behavior be to queue up the
>> announcements - especially if set to polite?
>>
>> All comments welcome,
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Stein Erik Skotkjerra
>> >> >> >> >>
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