If you’re not using ARIA Landmarks and they’re not required, then how are you making the <div id="footer"> determinable to AT users? #a11y
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.@sinabahram You put a heading in the Footer? What does it say "This is the Footer"? Serious question because I’ve never seen one before.
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@pauljadam It also is a graceful fallback even with role=contentinfo, which is why I always have clients still do it.
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@sinabahram if you can send me an example I’d like to see if not able to share I understand :)
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.@sinabahram footer region identification tells the screen reader user when they enter/focus the region, heading does not tell them that.
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Replying to @pauljadam
@pauljadam @SinaBahram HTML5 "New" semantics should provide exactly these features required for quality applications development, full stop.

Apr 3, 2016 · 4:00 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
@mholzschlag @pauljadam Should, but my concern is not the specs. I hesitate to say this but specs are easy, effective interaction is hard.
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@SinaBahram @pauljadam I've long said that it is not what is specified but what is implemented and used that is really our "standard"
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