This article explores different ways of coding strikethrough and uses screen reading software to determine how accessible each method is. Hopefully, more screen reading software will support the scenario 1 method used in the future.
I also hope scenario 1 is adopted more widely. Native html is always ideal due to its inherent semantics without the need for hacks or additional workarounds, though users will have to demand their screen readers support it and devs will have to insist on using it if it’s ever to become widespread.
They never should have deprecated <s> as a strikethrough in the first place, but I digress. The <s> tag makes the most sense because it is an HTML5 standard, and we should all push for semantic html usage and support.
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