- From: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 15:53:53 -0400
- To: "'Web Accessibility Initiative'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Dear Guru's, I would much appreciate (accessibility) feedback on the form/database at: http://www.dors.state.md.us/cgi-bin/homemods.cgi I've looked at the WCAG regarding forms, and I am a little mystified regarding suggestions for the LABEL attribute. The utility of ACCESSKEY also excapes me for this purpose (only two parameters, and one uses radio buttons). I've followed the suggestion for putting in "starter" text (using VALUE), but this is ugly. Does it really help? Is there a way to have the starter text "selected" so that if the user types (without clicking) the text that was already there would disappear? Databases frequently work this way. Is it desireable to avoid forms? I read somewhere (I don't think it was the WCAG) that email should be maintained as an alternative to a feedback form -- since not every browser deals with forms gracefully. If this is true, how, in general, does one generate dynamic content without using a form? (I could give detailed directions for our "home modifications directory" since the form only generates two parameters, but is this even desireable?) I am just starting with PERL and am feeling really brain dead at this point. Can anyone give me the PERL script for deleting a leading period or space from a scalar variable? Thanks very much. Bruce Bailey http://www.dors.state.md.us/ YAPH
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