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From: Brandon Keith Biggs
Date: May 15, 2016 8:01PM

Hello,
What is going on is an introduction to a new element (tab).
The word "tab" is a horrible word because it means so many things. It means
a key, a t character, a sub window within a window, things you put on
papers to keep them sorted and the top of a soda can!
Has there been any testing with other names? Some ideas I have are:
page tab
tablink
linktab
linked tab
subpage
subpage link
...

NVDA will read "tab" when it sees a t character, so that is what my first
thoughts are when I hear these links.
thanks,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Alastair Campbell < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Bryan,
>
> I'm afraid I spent too much time writing an article, I won't get a chance
> until next week.
>
> The article was a follow up to yours (and Leonie's et al) and the original
> "Danger" one:
> https://alastairc.ac/2016/05/aria-tabs-ui-problems-and-standards/
>
> Whilst I generally agree with your conclusions, I think there is some
> nuance, and tabs are unique among the ARIA widgets in how people expect
> them to work.
>
> A couple of years ago I observed some testing with people and came to
> fairly similar conclusions to Jeff Smith's article. Whilst I wouldn't drop
> the ARIA markup, the interaction (in a web context) doesn't seem quite
> right yet.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -Alastair
> > > > >