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Re: wcag 2.4.5 multiple ways

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From: Detlev Fischer
Date: Feb 13, 2017 2:47AM

Hi Lisa,
Admittedly, the difference is slight.
* G126 requires that each page has links to all other pages of a small site.
* G85 requires that all pages are linked directly from the home page and that each page has a link back to the home page. So G185 does not require each page to have links to all other pages, just a link to the home page. Interestingly there is no upper limit given for what counts as small site.
* G125 seems fairly general and just checks that links to other pages work without saying anything about the hierarchy or requiring a comprehensive listing. So this technique would presumably work in tandem with another technique such as search. if you had a sub page linking back to the section page above (but not to the home page) AND a second option, say, a general search function, SC 2.4.5 would be met.

I admit there is overlap between G126 and G185 but as techniques are informative only anyway and the small-site techniques are rarely used on the kind of sites that are audited for WCAG compliance (at least in my experience), there is probably little harm in not touching these techniques and focusing on the workload related to WCAG 2.1.

Detlev
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L Snider schrieb am 12.02.2017 05:35:

> Hi All,
>
> This has bugged me for a while. Under the techniques for wcag 2.4.5, they
> note G125, G126 and G185. When I look at all of them, they all seem to be
> saying the same thing.
>
> https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-mult-loc.html
>
> The only slight difference I can see is that G185 seems to be saying that
> you need to have links on the home page, G126 sounds like it is for small
> sites and G125 just talks about links going to where they say.
>
> I have searched everywhere and can't find rationale for these three, can
> anyone fill me in?
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
> > > > >