[WG: Accessibility] line breaks vs paragraphs

[Humbert, Joseph A]

Yes, I agree.  Enclosed paragraph tags provide both improved semantics and enhanced navigation. Screen reading software provides a mechanism to jump from paragraph to paragraph.

- Joe

From: accessibility-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:accessibility-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Scott Williams
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:52 AM
To: Gonzalo Silverio
Cc: accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org
Subject: Re: [WG: Accessibility] line breaks vs paragraphs

This change is a good thing, as paragraphs are enclosed in their own semantic elements.

Scott

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Gonzalo Silverio <gsilver at umich.edu<mailto:gsilver at umich.edu>> wrote:
A side effect of Michigan's upgrade to 2.9 was the CKEditor's default of separating blocks of text by wrapping them  in a <p> instead of separating them with a <br />

The question was raised about a11y  ramifications.  Is there a preference for one or the other?

Thanks!

- Gonzalo

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