ACTION-1006 - to write a proposal for autosave on pages with forms

ACTION-1006 - to write a proposal for autosave on pages with forms


We talked about expanding 3.2.2 or 1.8.10 and decided we needed new SC.


*Proposal:*


3.2.y Autosave forms: The user can specify that form field pages be 
autosaved locally as they are populated, including text blocks, 
indicators such as radio buttons and checkmarks indicators, and point of 
regard; the user can specify that a non-submitted autosaved form 
repopulate the same form page when it is opened again.


*Intent of **Success Criterion 3.2.y:*

Users who need to fill out a form over several sessions or who 
accidentally leave a page before a form is fully filled out need to have 
a way to pick up where they left off rather than having to start over 
again. Having the ability to retrieve a partially or fully filled out 
form field helps these users more successfully fill out forms. Users who 
have trouble remembering what they filled out need to be able to look it up.


*Examples for Success Criterion 3.2.y:*

- Bruno tires easily. He begins to fill out a long form, but cannot 
finish. He lies down to rest, and the form times out. When he comes back 
the browser offers to restore the unsaved session. He opts to restore 
the session, and goes on to fill out the rest of the form at the point 
where he left off. This ability allows Jeremy to fill out long forms 
even though he can't maintain focus for the full amount of time it takes 
to fill out the form, and even if the form times out.


- Marjorie uses speech recognition software. Occasionally the software 
mishears what Marjorie says as a command she doesn't intend. She is half 
way through filling out a complicated form that includes many comments 
when the software interprets some of the words she is saying as a 
command to go to a different page. When she recovers from the speech 
input error by returning to the page a few seconds later the browser 
offers to restore the unsaved session. She opts to restore the session, 
and goes on to fill out the rest of the form at the point where she left 
off rather than losing her work.

- Lara is very forgetful. She remembers that she filled out a form to 
comment on software she uses, but cannot remember if she included a 
certain comment. She retrieves the form field from her browser and 
checks it to remind herself.



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