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From: Murphy, Sean
Date: Apr 21, 2020 8:34PM

I agree with the statement of screen reader users not knowing how to navigate web pages effectively. Is it training or people getting used to how to do something and don't explore a different way, or not understanding the terminology being used. As this does get confusing for some.

What I am struggling with is code testing tools like Ark and Axe reporting the use of nested banners (headers) and footers, Navs etc as failures based upon best practise. This W3C document which I am not sure is the latest version https://www.w3.org/TR/html53/sections.html does not indicate this at all. All the examples I have reviewed contained in the document supports the use of headers and navs inside articles and asides. I did not see any mention about the main section which supports Steev's comments. So I am wondering if this is the formal release of the HTMl 5 specs and how people came up with the best practise?

Note: The document does mention sections become regions if you apply aria-label in an indirect way. The use of aria-label on article does not change it into a region from reading the above document.




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