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From: Bim Egan
Date: Nov 6, 2017 10:36AM

Hi Jeremy,
You're not the only one confused. <smiles>
Accessibility isn't an exact science. Well, not science at all. So much is
left to interpretation and every one of us has our own unique experience.

the down side is that with so many people with extraordinary expertise
coming from every different directions, it may be a while before we can
avoid confusing the developers and other clients. The up side is that none
of us will have time to retire.

Keep the faith ... And strong.

Bim



-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
Of Jeremy Echols
Sent: 06 November 2017 17:23
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible pagination?

Thanks, everybody, the input is invaluable.

Hmm, I'm getting the navigation label read in NVDA and Firefox. Is this not
typical? I tab into the list and hear "Pages navigation landmark list with
8 items ..." I was hoping this made enough sense, but maybe the navigation
landmark is just getting lost in the noise.

I'll just add "Page" to everything just in case, but this is one of these
areas things are so confusing to me.

-----Original Message-----
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Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2017 5:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible pagination?

Agree with Tim.
I think "go to page 1" is a goo screen reader text for pagination links.
The screen reader does not see the ARIA landmark when viewing links out of
context, e.g. in a listbox, and "1" is not vry descriptive link text.
The extra second or so that it takes the screen rader to say "page 1"
or "go to page 1" is not a screen reader user deterrant in my experience
(again, testing with real end users is always the most valuable source of
feedback).

I wish the author ha expounded a bit on this widget, e.g. showed it in
context of an actual page. I think "previous" and "Next" options e.
should b cded as buttons to distinguish them from the links, and that the
number of results per page should be coded as live region headings.



On 11/6/17, Tim Harshbarger < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Just to offer another perspective, I do not think that this pattern is
> too verbose or problematic as a screen reader user. For me, too
> verbose is something like a group label for radio buttons that is a
paragraph long.
> That tends to feel verbose. However, I know other screen reader users
> might feel differently.
>
> My thought is that if you follow this pattern, someone using a screen
> reader would clearly get the idea that this part of the page is the
> pagination. I also think you could use only parts of this pattern and
> end up with something that might be accessible as well, but depending
> on what you do it might not be as clear to screen reader users who
> don't spend their days reviewing, discussing, and testing user interfaces
like I do.
>
> This is one of those situations where being able to test with real end
> users would help. You could find out if there are any major
> differences between patterns.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Bim Egan
> Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 5:22 PM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible pagination?
>
> I agree, identifying each link as "Page 1" etc makes it more difficult
> to select the link from a links list ... They all begin with P instead
> of each being uniquely first letter pickable by number. I'm not keen
> on the term Pagination either, users are more likely to understand
> "Other pages" "more results" or similar. The principle's good, but
overdone.
>
> Bim
> having the
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Jeremy Echols
> Sent: 03 November 2017 22:09
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible pagination?
>
> I'm looking at this article:
> http://www.a11ymatters.com/pattern/pagination/
>
> It seems like the author is suggesting extremely verbose pagination
> for non-sighted users. This feels like a lot of extra noise to me,
> but I'm not an AT user, so I really don't know. It seems like once
> you get into the region, you'll know that the region is for pagination
> navigation (as per the aria-label on the "ul" element). Is there
> really a need to label every one of those "Goto Page X"? I could see
> an argument for "Page X", but even that feels like unnecessary
> verbosity.
>
> Help!
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