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Re: Query on Auto Page redirect issue

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: May 26, 2022 7:28AM

On 26/05/2022 13:57, Ramakrishnan Subramanian wrote:
> It appears that this content may fail under 2.2.2 timing adjustable.
> But since there is not much content here and user input is not
> expected can it be exempted If we provide the success message in aria
> alert role and set the visual focus immediately on the main heading
> after the page load.
> or,
> If the user is provided enough time to read this content and
> understand, can this be exempted? If so, how much time would be
> sufficient?

2.2.1 Timing Adjustable doesn't really offer an exemption/escape clause
for "there's only a little bit of content", so this will fail even if
you believe the timeout/redirect time is sufficient for a user to read
the page before it happens, I'm afraid.

P
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