[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47125: Admin: clarify the "Add New" links for better accessibility

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#47125: Admin: clarify the "Add New" links for better accessibility
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 Reporter:  afercia            |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration     |    Version:
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 In the admin menu and in some of the admin pages, various links use "Add
 New" as link text. While these links are clarified by the visual context,
 they are not so meaningful when read out of context.

 Assistive technologies provide tools to list all the links in a page and
 dedicated keyboard shortcuts to navigate through links. In this scenario,
 a link that only says "Add New" isn't sufficiently clear: users won't have
 a clue what the purpose and destination of the link is.

 One more scenario: users who use speech input software (e.g. Dragon) will
 voice a command like "Click add new". However, in a standard WordPress
 page there are at least 5 "Add New" links. The software will display
 choices to users (usually by displaying numbers close to all the links
 that it has identified as "Add New"). Then, users will have to:
 - visually identify on the screen the highlighted links
 - voice an additional command, e.g. "Choose 3"

 This makes the process inefficient and time consuming.

 Ideally, all these links should be self-explanatory and provide more
 context by adding the "what" new is in the text link. For example:
 - Add New Post
 - Add New Media
 - Add New Page
 - Add New Plugin
 - Add New User

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