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Re: Are ambiguous links awful even when there's surrounding context?

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From: Maupin, Brennan Polaris McCaffrey - maupinbp
Date: Apr 2, 2019 8:31AM

I am new to this so take my opinion for what it is worth, but if I am correct, if there is surrounding text that provides context, it is AA compliant. I am aware that you cannot use guidelines to pass/fail something; however, it is useful that in a couple of their advisory techniques w3c gives specific examples of unclear (out of context) links in enclosed lists preceded by descriptive headings.

I was actually pretty surprised that this was this was passing criterion. I have always heard it is best practice to use descripting link text for the links-list-view on screen readers. That looks like it is AAA criterion, however.

-Brennan Maupin