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

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 18, 2020 5:36PM

Sounds reasonable, that's what I have been recommending for my team,
but since this is the great resource that it is, I wanted to double
check.
I never pay attention to the screen title myself, usually I can't find
it, probably because it's not there.
Agreed about search and sitemap and all that jazz, and I tend to be a
little bit laxer on form field labeling and grouping.
For one thing group labels are basically non-existent on mobile apps,
you have to hack individual labels to create the illusion of group
labels.
For another the screens are smaller, information sparser and there is
a lot less confusion about labels and purpose of form fields on the
screen.
There is some push back about persistent visible labels, since screen
reader estate is so precious, but I've generally managed to win that
battle.



On 4/18/20, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
>
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> Hey gang
>
> One dilemma I've faced lately is outlining guideines for testing page/screen
> titles on native mobile apps.
> The concept of a page title is not as clearly defined for mobile apps and I
> find that screen readers don't use it as aggressively as they would on web
> (most of the time they do not automatically announce the screen title,
> sometimes they don't announce it at all).
> What would you recommend as guidelines for 2.4.2 as they relate to native
> mobile apps and what is your experience from user testing (if you have
> such).
> Thanks much, as always.
> -B
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