[fpc-pascal] Preview: New Website layout

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Fri Sep 4 14:38:31 CEST 2026



On Fri, 4 Sep 2026, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:

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> On Thu, 3 Sep 2026, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> On 8/31/2026 9:56 PM, Travis Siegel via fpc-pascal wrote:
>>> The site works well with a screen reader, that's good, but I don't know 
>>> what the up arrows in various places on the page are for.
>>> 
>>> Also, the very first button on the very top of the page has no label, and 
>>> thus just shows up as button on a screen reader. Clicking said button does 
>>> nothing as far as I can tell, so might want to either add a label, or 
>>> remove it, depending on what it's used for.
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> Can you be more precise, please ? There are 80 buttons on the page, as far as 
> I can see, they all have aria-label.
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>> These issues are still present on the latest version of the page.  The 
>> button is there just before the link that says skip to content.  The up 
>> arrows are fewer now, and appear to be next to headers for subsections, but 
>> don't really explain to a screen reader what they're for, is it to collapse 
>> the section? Is it to scroll up the page? Is it for some other use?
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> Up arrows indicate that what came before is a link to an external site. This 
> is common practice these days - see e.g. wikipedia. I'll add 
> aria-hidden="true" to them, so they're invisible for screen readers.

I did that and updated the site. If you have a moment, please test and
report if it is better now.

Michael.


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