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Re: Jaws dropping the ball on ARIA landmarks?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 29, 2018 10:21AM

Aah, thanks Jonathan! I was not aware of this setting.
Incidentally, navigation landmarks are announced in this setting as
well (in addition to the main landmark) but nothing else.
I believe the header and footer landmarks should always be announced,
regardless of setting, but I can see the argument for other landmark
region types.



On 5/29/18, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Birkir, this is the new web verbosity setting which is set to medium by
> default. These landmarks are only announced in the highest value.
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