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Ironically, it's because of the ARIA Authoring Practices guidelines[1], which include exactly this sort of nonsense[2]. [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-prac

• ogre_codes 6y ago
  I was listening to a podcast and they were talking about using semantic HTML instead of piles of divs. One of the things they mentioned was that a survey of public web sites showed that the presence of ARIA in html was usually a sign that a site would have poor usability. Mostly because it's a sign that the site has abandoned standard HTML and went their own way and tried to patch things up by smearing aria properties everywhere.
• TheCoelacanth 6y ago
  That seems like a misinterpretation of ARIA guidelines. I'm pretty sure the guidelines are meant as "if you are going to use a div as a button, do this", not "do this instead of using a button".
  • inopinatus 6y ago
    Quite so.