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Re: WCAG 2.4.2 (page title) and native mobile apps

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Apr 18, 2020 5:00PM

Guidance from the Applying WCAG to Non-web ICT documentation would indicate that criterion applies to the software app as a whole and not specific screen titles. https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict/. Screen titles can be useful although as already pointed out perhaps less important in a mobile environment -- however, there are abilities now to have multiple windows and apps side by side and if you are switching between apps you could potentially need a reminder of which screen you left off in. I generally say that if a screen title is provided it needs to describe the topic or purpose and if a screen title is not provided then it's not required to add one.

Jonathan