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Re: Focus should always be set somewhere, right?

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From: Aaron Cannon
Date: Feb 1, 2016 12:04PM

I think being put on the previous item makes more sense, since it is
more likely, IMHO, that the user would remember the previous item,
rather than remembering the count of items. They could then
(hopefully) see from the context that the item had been deleted.
Also, if the list is huge, I can imagine a KB user getting quite
annoyed by being sent back to the start of the list.

The only instance I think it makes sense to send the user to the next
item is if it was the first item which was deleted.

Aaron

On 2/1/16, Bourne, Sarah (ITD) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> In the use case you described, a keyboard-only user would probably want to
> be put on the next item. But it might be better for screen reader users to
> be put at the beginning of the list, where they would be told "list of [x-1]
> items" as an affirmation that the item was deleted, or maybe on the previous
> list item. I can't imagine either being pleased with being put back at the
> top of the page. This is where some user testing would be valuable, or at
> least an analysis of what kinds of tasks are being worked on and what would
> be a logical next step in a workflow.
>
> sb
> Sarah E. Bourne
> Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts
> 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 1601 Boston MA 02108
> 617-626-4502
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.mass.gov/MassIT
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