ARIA roles give us much more control on defining how assistive technologies should interact with a page. The application role gives us complete control. But remember complete control can also lead to complete chaos. So how do you use this powerful role? When should it be used?
Application vs. Document
Before diving into the application role it’s useful to understand the difference between application and document based web pages. Your average web page is a document. The user expects to read content and it may feature some interactive behaviors. Applications are more like a desktop application. The user has expects tool sets, instant changes, dynamic interactions.
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