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Re: Does WCAG require headings start at 1?

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From: glen walker
Date: Jul 29, 2021 10:18AM

No, I meant *my* comments were going to be off topic, not yours :-)


On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 7:48 AM Barry via WebAIM-Forum <
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> Hi Glen
>
>
> Yeah, sorry about that. It may have drifted a little with the
> conversation, but I wouldn't say it was totally off topic. My example was
> to demonstrate that WCAG, which I believe Googles Lighthouse uses for its
> algarythms, does not require that headings start at one.
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
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> Totally off topic from the original post but scanning the H&M site is a
> good example of how scanners can't find everything. Notice all the
> language names on the page? None of them have the LANG attribute (WCAG
> 3.1.2).
>
> And just to sidetrack even more, here's a fun tongue in cheek article
> about perfect lighthouse scores -
> https://www.matuzo.at/blog/building-the-most-inaccessible-site-possible-with-a-perfect-lighthouse-score/
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 3:20 AM Barry via WebAIM-Forum <
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>
> > A classic example of a site that follows WCAG and gets 100% on Google
> > Lighthouse is H&M, but the headings are all over the place. Two h1s
> > and skipping from h1 to h3 on the landing page, and no h1 at the start
> > of content with only h3s on the home page.
> > https://www.hm.com/entrance.ahtml?orguri=%2F
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Barry
> >
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> > > > >