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From: Mallory
Date: Nov 25, 2020 2:01PM

Hi Vaibhav,
I'd be interested in seeing the code snippet for that button, or the website. I would not expect either browser to call the link a button!

cheers,
_mallory

On Wed, Nov 25, 2020, at 5:56 PM, Vaibhav Saraf wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Today I had opened an educational website on Edge and Chrome. I was
> surprised to see that the 'Course Enrollment' button was spoken as button
> on Chrome and as a link on Edge.
>
> It was built with <a> anchor element with the a button class from some
> framework.
>
> Also I was using the latest versions of both the browsers with NVDA 2020.3.
> That can give a hint to your initial questions, very curious why this is
> the case.
>
> Thanks,
> Vaibhav
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 at 17:36, Mark Magennis < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Now that Edge is using Chromium, I'm wondering what this will mean
> > regarding accessibility. In what ways will the experience of using a
> > website in Edge 2 differ from using it in Chrome. Some questions that come
> > to mind are:
> >
> >
> > * Will the accessibility tree in Edge be the same as the accessibility
> > tree in Chrome?
> > * Will Edge's support for ARIA be the same as Chrome's?
> > * Might any of the heuristics that screen readers use beyond accessing
> > the accessibility tree lead to different experiences?
> > * Will the two browsers display colours in the same way?
> > * Are there specific accessibility tests that need to be done in both
> > browsers and others where testing in one will cover the other as well?
> >
> > I don't know whether these are the right questions to ask, but I'm looking
> > forward to getting any knowledge and insight that's available about the
> > impact of the switch.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> > Mark Magennis
> > Senior Accessibility Specialist
> > Skillsoft | mobile: +353 87 60 60 162
> > www.skillsoft.com<;http://www.skillsoft.com/>;
> >
> > [Skillsoft / Sumtotal]
> >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >