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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 2, 2019 4:23AM

You could pin it un 1.3.1 or 4.1.1 (ARIA is not being used according
to spec, so it feels like 4.1.1 is a valid argument).
I push for people using the big 3 correctly, header/main/footer
(banner/main/contentinfo) but usually stop there, because in my
usability testing I didn't see anyone use landmarks and too many
landmarks on a page quickly render them pretty useless.
Your plague of banner landmarks is probably caused by use of the
<header> element (it maps to the banner role if it is a child of the
<body> element and should only be used in connection with <article> or
<section> elements if not used for the webpage header).
Jaws is overly generous when it comes to mapping the <header> element
to a banner landmark.


On 5/2/19, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> My view is that it is a violation of 1.3.1 if landmarks are not used or are
> used incorrectly. In most cases I would expect all page content to be in at
> least one landmark - there may be exceptions where that is not appropriate
> but I can't think of any.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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