2.4.2 Page Titled

Level A

Web Pages have titles that describe topic or purpose.

Who This Helps

• This criterion benefits all users in allowing users to quickly and easily identify whether the information contained in the Web page is relevant to their needs.
• People with visual disabilities will benefit from being able to differentiate content when multiple Web pages are open.
• People with cognitive disabilities, limited short-term memory and reading disabilities also benefit from the ability to identify content by its title.
• This criterion also benefits people with severe mobility impairments whose mode of operation relies on audio when navigating between Web pages.

Examples

• A Web application.

  A banking application lets a user inspect his bank accounts, view past statements, and perform transactions. The Web application dynamically generates titles for each Web page, e.g., "Bank XYZ, accounts for John Smith" "Bank XYZ, December 2005 statement for Account 1234-5678".

• An HTML Web page

  The descriptive title of an HTML Web page is marked up with the title element so that it will be displayed in the title bar of the user agent.