Re: Understanding docs for link Scs

Hi Steve

2.4.4 allows for the destination to be determinable from the link text in
combination with the text in the sentence, while 2.4.9 requires link text
alone to determine the destination.

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On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 1:41 PM Steve Lee <stevelee@w3.org> wrote:

> I just followed the understanding links from the quick ref for 2.4.4 and
> 2.4.9 and found they are largely identical. They certainly don't help me
> readily understand the differences between these 2 SCs.
>
> * 2.4.4
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/link-purpose-in-context.html
> * 2.4.9
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/link-purpose-link-only.html
>
> Steve
>
>