Strikes accessibility claims from CSS carousel #42681
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This is making some unfounded claims about the baseline accessibility of CSS carousels, so I've stricken them. I've left the other statements about what considerations and concerns are in place for accessibility. Recent evidence of their baseline inaccessibility: https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-carousels-accessibility/
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As noted in comment, this is kinda moot considering overall context: "When carousels are created using JavaScript, the accessibility of the carousel and the associated controls has to be added in." Struck it.
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Thanks, @aardrian — this seems totally fair to me.
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Just for my own later spelunking, I filed a more detailed PR to address accName issues: #42691 |
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Description
This MDN article is making some unfounded claims about the baseline accessibility of CSS carousels, so this PR strikes them. I've left the other statements about what considerations and concerns are in place for accessibility.
Motivation
Devs are starting to try to implement these and creating WCAG violations without realizing it because this, along with lots of promotion in dev sites, wrongly claims these are "accessible" (without qualifying how or in what way).
Additional details
Recent evidence of their baseline inaccessibility: https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-carousels-accessibility/