Exploring making site navigation more accessible, with "well-known destinations"

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Session description

Navigation around sites can be complex, presenting barriers for people who struggle to understand the visual layout, or terminology that a site uses. However, there are several key sections or pages that can be found across many sites. The WAI-Adapt Task Force is exploring an approach (pending review) to address these barriers.

This session introduces the problem, shows how we envisage the solution working, from the user's perspective - via a demo of an interactive browser extension - and describes our proposed approach, in order to answer your questions, and gather informal feedback before we apply for horizontal and wide review from the community.

Session goal

Raise awareness of the challenges of site navigation, and a potential simple, semantic, standardized solution

Session type

Breakout (Default)

Additional session chairs (Optional)

No response

IRC channel (Optional)

#adapt

Other sessions where we should avoid scheduling conflicts (Optional)

#11

Instructions for meeting planners (Optional)

Meeting must start between 0700 and 2100 UTC.

Agenda (link or inline) (Optional)

• Site navigation barriers
• What support could look like in the browser (demo)
• WAI-Adapt's proposed solution
• Next steps (i.e. seeking review)
• Discussion

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Meeting materials (Optional)

• Minutes
• Recording

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