Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] How to write a mail address on a web page?

Hi Regina,

On 2024-10-15 11:40, Regina Henschel wrote:
> It is not quite clear to me. We want a link including the protocol, so 
> that a click opens that application, that the user has assigned to the 
> "mailto:"; protocol.
>
> Can we do
> (1)
> Chair: Patrick Durusau
>
> and have the text "Patrick Durusau" as link with target 
> "mailto:patrick@durusau.net";
>
> (2)
> Chair: Patrick Durusau
> patrick@durusau.net
>
> and have the text "patrick@durusau.net" as link with target 
> "mailto:patrick@durusau.net";
>
> (3)
> Chair: Patrick Durusau
> mailto:patrick@durusau.net
>
> and have the text "mailto:patrick@durusau.net"; as link with target 
> "mailto:patrick@durusau.net";
>
> (4)
> or ???
>
> What is best for page visitors that use a screen-reader, for example?
>
> Or is the approach to have a link with "mailto:"; protocol already 
> unsuitable?

In my understanding, using a mailto: link is perfectly fine.
The link text should be descriptive, i.e. make clear what happens when 
the user follows the link - which is helpful for people not relying on 
assistive technology as well.

There's no need to have the link text be the same as the target, so I 
wouldn't use (3). I think, both (1) and (2) should be fine.

(2) would in my opinion be a bit more straight-forward because for (1), 
a link might alternatively e.g. also point to a website saying more 
about Patrick Durusau instead of allowing to write him an email.
However, screen readers usually also have a way to give more details on 
the currently focused object (like a link), and e.g. Orca's "Where am I" 
command would say something like "mailto link, email link" when used 
while a mailto link is currently focused, regardless of the link text.

Having a link text like "Write an email to Patrick Durusau" might be yet 
another alternative.

I'm not an expert on those, but the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 
(WCAG) and the corresponding "Understanding" docs give more details on 
how to make web content accessible.

In particular for links:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/link-purpose-in-context.html

WCAG overview:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

"Understanding" docs:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/

Kind regards,
Michael

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