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From: Vaibhav Saraf
Date: Aug 15, 2020 10:25AM

Also I have marked it as an improper use of role button, but my concern is
regarding if the use of <h1> is advisable or not. I sat with the usability
lead of my team and he regarded this as a bug, but I want to consider all
the opinions after spotting on a well accessible website.



On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 at 21:49, Vaibhav Saraf < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I was auditing a website where on the login page they had programmed the
> logo to be a button and a heading level 1.
>
> On all other pages the logo was programmed as a button so I had failed it
> for coonsistent identification.
>
> But I had this particular doubt for treating the logo as a <h1>, after
> login for a specific group the website redirects to one deployed on a
> sub-domain, on all of the pages in the sub-domain the logo is marked as
> <h1>.
>
> From a WCAG point of view and the correct use of headings I seek your
> opinion on this matter.
>
> Also I happened to notice similar behaviour on a corporate social media
> website, am I allowed to take names here? (its not my client)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav
>
>