+1000 to that, Lisa! Given the history of the web, I think it is safe to
assume that everything that is nothing else is text, and that text does
not need its own role. None of the examples I have seen in this thread
convinced me that this is either necessary nor in any way helpful.
Marco
On 12.11.2014 07:48, lisa.seeman wrote:
> My 2 cents
> Each new role we introduce will create a learning curve for authors,
> many of whom will initially apply it incorrectly, killing the user
> experience, until an accessibility consultant tells them how to use it
> correctly. (Assuming the consultant is not also using it
> inappropriately - this is not to be taken for a given.) I say this
> based on a lot of personal experience.
>
> If we do not need a new role we should not create it.
>
>
>
> All the best
>
> Lisa Seeman
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> ---- On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:15:29 +0200 *James
> Craig<jcraig@apple.com>* wrote ----
>
>
> > On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:41 PM, Cynthia Shelly <cyns@microsoft.com
> <mailto:cyns@microsoft.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I wonder if it might make more sense to change the definition of
> presentation or none to cover this scenario
> >
> > <p>I <img src="heart.gif" alt="love" role="none"> New York.</p>
> >
> > to read "I love New York" instead of "I New York"
>
> As Matt alluded, the ARIA 1.0 "presentation" role ("none" is a 1.1
> synonym role of "presentation") does not expose any attribute or
> role semantics, so this would not expose the text alternative.
>
> > The glyph scenario is different, because it is text, and is
> often read as a single character.
>
> I don't think it'd always be limited to a single character.
>
> > But, do we need a role for that? Would this work instead?
> >
> > <p>I <span aria-label="love">♥</span> New York.</p>
>
> The role of the span is ambiguous here. Some platforms don't
> expose the span at all, preferring to flatten the selection
> string, so there is no element on which to hang the label. (Though
> that might just be an implementation detail.)
>
> James
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