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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: May 16, 2016 1:33PM

The word "tab" actually has been around for many years to indicate this type of functionality, and this is what ARIA Tabs map to in the accessibility API. So it's not just a name, but an actual role mapping in the accessibility tree.

E.G
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb760550(v=vs.85).aspx

" A tab control is analogous to the dividers in a notebook or the labels in a file cabinet. By using a tab control, an application can define multiple pages
for the same area of a window or dialog box. Each page consists of a certain type of information or a group of controls that the application displays when
the user selects the corresponding tab."

The same type of mapping occurs in OS X, iOS, and other operating systems.

You can read how this works at
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/03/web-accessibility-with-accessibility-api/

Also, for a complete training of how ARIA works from beginning to end, you can read
http://whatsock.com/training/

And to physically observe ARIA usage within any web technology, you can use Visual ARIA, available at
http://whatsock.com/training/matrices/visual-aria.htm


Bryan Garaventa
Accessibility Fellow
SSB BART Group, Inc.
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415.624.2709 (o)
www.SSBBartGroup.com


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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 7:02 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Danger! Testing Accessibility with real people — Medium

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
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >