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Re: Suggestion required for Facebook iframe feed provided in a web page

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sep 12, 2020 2:15AM

On 11/09/2020 04:54, Mohith BP wrote:

>> If the iframe turns out to be a black hole for keyboard users (once they
>> enter it, they get stuck in an endless/continuously updating list of
>> posts), a quick interim patch could be to provide a skip link
>> before/after the iframe to let keyboard users at least bypass it. Not
>> elegant, but could at least mitigate some of the issues for this user
>> group.

I'd say users are likely not to know/guess those key combinations, so
you may need to give them a clear hint. Also, this won't help users on,
say, touchscreen+AT scenarios (nothing new, ARIA practices has long had
a major gap/hole when it comes to anything that isn't the traditional
desktop+keyboard+AT setup). Maybe a humble skip link is more robust.
(and if the Facebook embed is present on more than one page, arguably
this all falls under 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks and the need to provide a
mechanism).

P
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