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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Apr 20, 2018 8:27AM

Oh that's interesting Wolfgang! I've been advising people to
front-load their page titles with the most relevant info (question
number in a test, checkout step in a shopping cart process etc). Now
you've given me something to think about!

Have a good weekend everyone.

On 30/01/2018, Wolfgang Berndorfer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Another relevant JAWS keyboard stroke for the texting of a page title is
> INSERT + F10 to open a list of my open application windows. I'm always glad,
> when the first letters of the title remain on a website. So I can easealy
> navigate between windows. Thus please begin the text of your titles with a
> short name of your app and then specify with a concise texting of the
> current context, as e.g. WebAIM does.
> Wolfgang
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] Im Auftrag
> von Steve Faulkner
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. Jänner 2018 13:20
> An: WebAIM Discussion List
> Betreff: Re: [WebAIM] How important are page titles in a single
> pageapplication?
>
> Screen reader users can access the title element content at any time using
> a keystroke, for example:
> using JAWS using INSERT + T
>
> https://freedomscientific.github.io/VFO-standards-support/html.html#toc-titl
> e
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C
> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>;
>
> On 30 January 2018 at 11:57, Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If a single page application (SPA) presents as a number of distinct
>> 'pages' of functionality, is it necessary to change the page's <title> to
>> reflect the current function/content of the page? Assuming that the change
>> of context is made obvious in some way. Who will even notice the <title>
>> change? My reading of WCAG 2.4.2 page title is that it doesn't require
>> unique <title> elements for individual 'pages' within an SPA. But is this
>> okay in practice?
>>
>> Mark
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