- From: Ian Yang <ian@invigoreight.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 09:22:37 +0800
- To: Userite <richard@userite.com>
- Cc: "Gunderson, Jon R" <jongund@illinois.edu>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Userite <richard@userite.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My understanding of the purpose of the list element is to collect together a > group or related items (such as phrases, prices, book titles etc.) that > makes sense within the group context (list) but would not necessarily do so > alone without additional explanatory text (i.e. include within a > sentence/article). When my screen-reader announces a list I expect to hear a > series of short punchy statements, or even just single words, each preceded > by the announcement of a list item (preferably numbered). If I heard > "region" or (in the future) "article" it would make me think I have missed > the end of the list. I have not experienced it first hand - but I can > imagine the confusion! > > An article is a stand-alone object, a list item is always part of a > sequence. An article has some sense even when read out of context (see > http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/article.html ). Groups of articles can be > grouped together using the appropriate heading element. There is therefore > no reason to group articles using the list element (more appropriate methods > exist). It is certainly not logical and I am sure it is not semantically > correct. > > Richard Hi Richard, Thank you :) That's well explained and makes sense. I decided to abandon the list structure. Cheers, Ian Yang
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