- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:11:48 +0100
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Steve Faulkner, Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:13:31 +0000: >> >> I don't understand why you keep telling me what the AX inspector says >> when I have made I it so very clear that I fully trust that you give >> accurate information about the AX inspector. > > I was talking about what voicoever announced not what inspector displayed OK. Having switched VoiceOver to English, I can verify. My very bad. > * I have explained to you about repeated text - and no repeated texts. > > you have drawn a conclusion about repeated text, not one that I share based > on experience with observing how users interact with forms. More attention than conclusion, IMO. To a VoiceOver user, what comes across as most 'clean'? The title attribute solution currently in the text, or one or both of your proposed replacement examples? If L = 'Part number', H = the instruction text and E = cue to edit the text field, then the VoiceOver experiences can be summarized like so:˙ Current spec: LHLE Your example 1: LLHEH Your example 2: LLEH All the above are automatically read to the user. The difference between your two examples w.r.t. what is automatically read to the user before the edit text cue, is interesting. Regarding help tag upon request: In the current spec example, the title attribute is used as help tag text. In your first example, there is no specific 'help tag', as VO sees it - everything is read if the user asks for help tag. In your second example, the aria-describedby text is used as help tag. To me, the behavior that the current spec example generates, seems more straight forward. But of course, I don't have not observed users using a form. Neither do I know how other ATs present the examples. But, at least seen from a VoiceOver perspective, there are some drawbacks to the solutions you propose. Also, I’m sure many authors would like to have invisible help tags/descriptions. -- Leif Halvard Silli
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