- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:48:49 +0100
- To: public-wai-eo-badtf@w3.org
forwarding to correct list. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [timely] nested fieldsets Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:36:46 +0000 From: Liam McGee <liam.mcgee@communis.co.uk> Organization: Communis Ltd To: public-wai-eo-badtf-request@w3.org References: <440EF6CD.4030709@w3.org> Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote: > During our last meeting we agreed that we want to nest the fieldsets on > the survey form. I'm still unsure how that will work for people > switching in and out of forms mode (as opposed to using one or the other). > > Anyway, to test this I implemented what we discussed on a different > (simpler) page and would like feedback: > <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/eval/tools/submission> > > The fieldsets and legends are not visible (legends are positioned > outside the viewport). I also put most legends *before* the headings so > that someone who browses the page in header mode, then switches to forms > mode (to fill out the fields) would not have the same text read out twice. > > If this proves to be a good solution, we can reuse it on the BAD survey > page. Please let me know your thoughts right away if possible. In my experience of user testing, screenreader users don't tend to switch in and out of forms mode while there are still labelled fields available to tab to. I think that your solution is one of the better ones I have seen, but don't like the idea of nested fieldsets purely because we are giving the users of this resource something quite semantically complex to implement, for which there is very little support out there online. I think that we should implement this as simply as possible (single level of fieldsets), and suggest a piece of work for EOWG developing some better best practice advice on using radio buttons, check boxes and multi-select boxes. This would be really good to get into the WCAG2.0 supporting docs too! Liam -- Liam McGee, Managing Director, Communis Ltd Web: http://www.communis.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1373 836 476 -- Shadi Abou-Zahra Web Accessibility Specialist for Europe | Chair & Staff Contact for the Evaluation and Repair Tools WG | World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/ | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), http://www.w3.org/WAI/ | WAI-TIES Project, http://www.w3.org/WAI/TIES/ | Evaluation and Repair Tools WG, http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/ | 2004, Route des Lucioles - 06560, Sophia-Antipolis - France | Voice: +33(0)4 92 38 50 64 Fax: +33(0)4 92 38 78 22 |
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