- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:54:41 +0100
See: http://forums.whatwg.org/viewtopic.php?t=42#537 Apparently WebbIE prepends "Page Headline:" to all <h1>s, so only using <h1>s like HTML5 currently recommends results in usability problems for users with WebbIE. legendscrolls wrote: > From my experience some web browsers such as WebbIE prefix 'Page > Headline: ' to all <h1>'s which would certainly be very annoying for > those with visual disabilities and using such text-based browsers with > speech software listening to 'Page Headline: ' everywhere a <h1> is used. > I would suggest authors either use one <h1> for the very first heading > of a document and then use <h2> (as the highest ranking, not-make-a-fuss > heading) for all other headings or use <h2> for absolutely all headings > instead of all <h1>s. This would be practical accessibility. > -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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