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

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From: Mohith BP
Date: Sep 13, 2020 9:19AM

Hi Patrick,

Thank you for the suggestions.
FB iframe is only on the home page.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.

On 9/12/20, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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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