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Better accessible names

Hidde de Vries shares some great tips for naming your labels and aria-labels:

• Describe what the thing does, rather than what it looks like, e.g. “Next slide” vs “Arrow right”
• Frontload the most unique part of the thing, e.g. in a list of albums, use “Midnight Marauders – Album” over “Album – Midnight Marauders”
• Be concise: 1-3 words is ideal
• Avoid roles, e.g. use “Close” instead of “Close button”, as the role will be announced by screen readers anyway
• Keep names unique, e.g. “See also: [name of page]” vs “Click here”
• Start names with a capital letter, and don’t end with a period – names aren’t sentences. This should lead to better pronunciation by screen readers.

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