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From: Lucy Greco
Date: May 10, 2019 6:06PM

thanks for the quick reply so the cognative working group did not think
this was a problem? interesting
Lucia Greco
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IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
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On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 5:03 PM Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> On 11/05/2019 00:56, Lucy Greco wrote:
> > hello:
> >
> > i personaly do not like having links on a web page to the page itself
> as
> > it can be vary frustrating for a user if they think they have gone to a
> new
> > page and find they are on the same page. could some one tell me wair to
> > find this problem in the w3c speck thanks
>
> If you mean if this is addressed in WCAG, then no...it's a general
> usability, rather than accessibility, issue ... so nothing that would
> directly contravene any SC.
>
> For AT users, the issue can be mitigated by adding aria-current="page"
> to the link, which will (in supported browser/AT combos) at least
> announce that the link relates to the current page.
> https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#aria-current
>
> And yes, while it can be annoying having a link basically to where you
> are, there's also an argument that this creates a certain consistency
> (so the navigation has the same actionable links in every page).
>
> P
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