- From: Aurélien Levy <aurelien.levy@free.fr>
- Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:42:26 +0100
- To: "public-html-a11y@w3.org" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <4CD1BB22.7080701@free.fr>
Hi, Any comment on my remark ? is there already a bug about that ? Did you think we need to fill one ? Aurélien > Hi, > > The html5 specs change the specification on authorised elements inside > the a element. > Now I can have full div with ul p table etc inside an a element. > The spec says : > > ----- > > the |a > <http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element>| > element may be wrapped around entire paragraphs, lists, tables, and so > forth, even entire sections, so long as there is no interactive > content within (e.g. buttons or other links). This example shows how > this can be used to make an entire advertising block into a link: > > <aside class="advertising"> > <h1>Advertising</h1> > <a href="http://ad.example.com/?adid=1929&pubid=1422"> > <section> > <h1>Mellblomatic 9000!</h1> > <p>Turn all your widgets into mellbloms!</p> > <p>Only $9.99 plus shipping and handling.</p> > </section> > </a> > <a href="http://ad.example.com/?adid=375&pubid=1422"> > <section> > <h1>The Mellblom Browser</h1> > <p>Web browsing at the speed of light.</p> > <p>No other browser goes faster!</p> > </section> > </a> > </aside> > > ----- > > I'm bit concerned about that because if screenreader keep there > current functioning it will read the whole content each time user > access to the link. The list of links panel will become unusable and > there is a massive risk of cognitive overload > > Aurélien Levy > ---- > Temesis
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