
Examples of scenarios thatĪdd new content by changing the context are given in the section titled Examples of Changes That Are Not Status Messages below. As such, messages that involve changes of context do not need to be consideredĪnd are not within the scope of this Success Criterion. They are already surfaced byĪssistive technologies, and so have already met the goal to alert the user to newĬontent. Changes of context, by their nature, interrupt the user by taking focus. To the page without changing the user's context. This Success Criterion specifically addresses scenarios where new content is added Of status messages are given in the section titled Status Message Examples below. Or "No results returned" would be status updates if they do not take focus. However, brief text messagesĭisplayed about the completion or status of the search, such as "Searching.", "18 results returned"
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Update and thus are not covered by this Success Criterion. Information can be added to pages which does not meet the definition of a status message.įor example, the list of results obtained from a search are not considered a status

An additional benefit is that assistive technologiesįor users with cognitive disabilities may achieve an alternative means of indicating The intended beneficiaries are blind and low vision users of assistive technologies

The intent of this Success Criterion is to make users aware of important changes inĬontent that are not given focus, and to do so in a way that doesn't unnecessarily In brief Objective Make users aware of important changes in content Author task Let assistive technology notify users about status changes that don't take focus Intent
