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Re: [EXTERNAL] Breadcumb nav same page accessibility

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From: James Nurthen
Date: Dec 11, 2019 10:21AM

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 4:24 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Whether you use ol/ul shouldn't matter because you're going to turn off the
> styling so that you don't get numbers or bullet points. The important
> semantic info is that you hear there's a list. There's marginally more of
> a reason to use ol because the breadcrumb does have an order.
>
>
Except with Safari/VO you will not hear it is a list - so don't worry if in
testing on these platforms a list is not communicated.

I will also note there is a breadcrumb pattern in the ARIA authoring
practices at
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/examples/breadcrumb/index.html

Regards,
James