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Re: [External Sender]WCAG guideline for too much ARIA

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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Dec 18, 2018 6:36AM

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:08 AM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> We test a lot of websites, and they fall pretty much into two categories:
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> b. They have too much ARIA and it is mostly used incorrectly.
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This underscores the need for training. Often devs have no idea what ARIA
does, so they just use it willy-nilly, or they have a specific problem they
are trying to solve and just keep throwing ARIA at it until they get the
result they are looking for.
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*Brian Lovely*
Digital Accessibility
804.389.1064

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