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Re: Use of hyperlinks instead of buttons

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From: Sean Murphy
Date: Jul 2, 2016 1:04AM

This is a good example where the standards can be used in different ways to pass or fail and item. Thus making it more complex then required for the tester or developer to know if they are passing or failing the accessibility requirements. My head hurts just working out if it passes or not. :-)
> On 30 Jun 2016, at 4:32 AM, Cousins, Earl < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hi Bruno,
>
> I would say 4.1.1 Parsing could be used, since the elements aren't being used according to the HTML spec.
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> Also, 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value as the expected names and roles (and states) would not be present.
>
> https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20160317/H88
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>
> Earl Cousins | Web Accessibility Specialist
> >
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruno Girard [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:28 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Use of hyperlinks instead of buttons
>
> Hello group,
>
> I am auditing a site right now. I've been looking throught WCAG criterias, techniques and failure but I haven't found the answer to my question yet.
>
> In the site, they have used hyperlinks were it should have been buttons.
> For example, there is a print link that lauches the browser's print functionality.
>
> Under which criteria does it fail WCAG?
>
> Thanks
> Bruno
>
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