[Bug 26135] is role=status correct for output element?

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26135

--- Comment #2 from James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> ---
I'm wary about exposing output as a live region at all by default. This has the
potential to make some sites accidentally unusable by screen readers users. 

For example, a mathematics demo may use output elements to live track the
values of cartesian x, y, and z coordinates in an animating graph. If these
were using either role=log or role=status, they'd get aria-live="polite" by
default and constantly chatter, making the page mostly unusable by screen
readers users. Live regions should be a much more explicit choice.

I think the HTML mapping for <output> should be changed to "marquee"
(aria-live="off") or left blank.

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Received on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 21:36:19 UTC