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From: L Snider
Date: Feb 13, 2017 7:11AM

Hi Detlev,

Thanks, so it looks like I was on the right track. I have seen sites that
only use the logo as the home page link, so there isn't a text link. From
the way I read G85 that would fail? I advise people to do both, but I see
more sites with just logos these days.

Thanks again,

Cheers

Lisa



On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 3:47 AM, Detlev Fischer < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> 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
> > > > > > > > > >
>
> > > > >