[Bug 23545] section should only map to region if the section has an accessible name

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23545

Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> ---
Currently, the specs mapping of <section> to region is resulting in a poor user
experience. JAWS for example will announce each <section> element in a page as
a 'Region'. Previously this had been reserved for ARIA landmark element IIRC.

A page may have a menu with 20 heading items, and if it has several <section>
elements then this can bloat very quickly with each one being announced. Newer
version of JAWS (> 13) may allow the user to navigate to them via the
'Landmark' quick keys, however this doesn't happen with JAWS 13 for example.
Meaning the user will have ~ 60 <section> elements announced to them as they
navigate (I've seen this in my work). This is a poor implementation of
semantics and if continues may devalue them. If nothing else it adds to the
'don't do this as its bad for a11y, even if semantically correct' kind of
argument - which none of us really want to have.

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Received on Thursday, 17 October 2013 10:55:39 UTC