[Bug 23888] Not allowing role=alert on UL / OL / LI / H- tags. etc. is a needless constraint

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23888

--- Comment #4 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
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Status: rejected
Change Description: no chnage
Rationale: The ARIA spec requires users agents to override native semantics
when an ARIA role is present. Testing with object inspections tools to view the
roles exposed when role=alert is present on an element showed that the native
semantics are replaced by the ARIA semantics. Testing in AT showed that in
cases where the AT used an accessibility API to access role information an
elements native role was not announced or included in navigation.

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Received on Sunday, 24 November 2013 10:29:43 UTC