[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 265713] New: AX: Rollback a retracted ARIA change: default aria-level should not randomly be 2.

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265713

            Bug ID: 265713
           Summary: AX: Rollback a retracted ARIA change: default
                    aria-level should not randomly be 2.
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Nightly Build
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Accessibility
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: jcraig at apple.com
                CC: andresg_22 at apple.com,
                    webkit-bug-importer at group.apple.com

Rollback a retracted ARIA change: default aria-level should not randomly be 2.

Rollback or update to remove this diff:
https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commit/09bbaddcb99391c80fe4adde695393cc6de97c80

It shipped in ARIA 1.1 (I missed it or I would have objected then)
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#heading

But was removed (for good reason) in ARIA 1.2
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#heading

So we should role back the change in WebKit.


# Some justification: 
The spec change (default is 2 wtf?) prioritizes spec authors over users, authors, the inverse priority of the web platform design principles... 

1. Screen reader users hear additional verbose information that may not be accurate: "heading level 2" instead of just "heading" 
2. There's no way for an author to provide a heading with an unspecified level.

So it's good that the ARIA spec removed it, and we should get this out of WebKit, too.

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