- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:06:49 +1000
- To: Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com>
- CC: HTML Working Group <public-html@w3.org>
Maurice Carey wrote: > On 8/20/07 10:47 AM, "Lachlan Hunt" <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au> wrote: > >> 2. The technique doesn't work well with password fields, since the value >> is rendered as asterisks or dots. The Uniwired example above actually >> positions text box on top of the password field which is then removed >> upon focus to achive the effect. > > > Why can't screen readers or assistive user agents realize that > <input type="password"> is a password field. So, don't say > "*asterisk*asterisk*asterisk*asterisk" out loud and say "password field" > instead. That point wasn't about screen readers, it was about visual users who would only see asterisks. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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