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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: Dec 20, 2023 8:13AM

I realize that WCAG may have specific requirements.
But coming from the perspective of a screen reader user
We are accustomed to finding buttons and links different ways and if something looks like a button, it should be coded as a button.
If it is not going to be coded as a button
Then it should look like link text and not a button
Dean Vasile


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> On Dec 20, 2023, at 9:13 AM, Yeti < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hello Mike,
>
>> preference for buttons or links for downloads.
>
> If it leads to a URI
>
> ftp://ftp.x.pdf
>
> it is a Link.
>
> If You start a function - f.E. if I've paid - it is a Button.
>
> But be careful:
> Although I know many browsers that claim they can handle PDF, I don't know of any web browser that can actually do this in conjunction with screen readers in a proper way.
>
> I therefore set my systems so that PDFs are not opened in the default web browser. Any functions behind a button should take this into account.
>
> Ad Astra
>
> Yeti
>
> > > >