Steps to reproduce
- Start screen reader software and navigate with the keyboard (not with the mouse).
- Log into a Wikimedia project such as Wikipedia or Wiktionary.
- Navigate to the "Alerts" or "Notices" links that appear after the link to your user page.
- Activate either of these links.
- Find and read the information about your alerts and notices.
What happens
The information includes abbreviations for time units. The page does not define these abbreviations. I did not expect to find abbreviations, especially abbreviations without definitions. The meaning of these abbreviations was not obvious to me. I took several days to work out what the abbreviations meant (after watching them change).
Expected behavior
I expected information to be clear. I expected more help for new users. I expected features for advanced users (like abbreviations) to be off by default.
Suggestions
- Do not use abbreviations by default.
- Explain the abbreviations.
- Do not use the abbreviations for screen reader users by default. (The abbreviations do not save screen space for screen reader users using speech output).
Third-party software
I tried this with the Mozilla Firefox web browser and the Orca screen reader.
