- From: Maurizio Boscarol <maurizio@usabile.it>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:22:27 +0100
- To: "Jens Meiert" <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
From: "Jens Meiert" > > [...] remember that placeholder text can be a useful format > > entry help: i.e., dd-mm-yyyy, or so. > > I disagree, since some users might have difficulties using it (if you pass > on e.g. JavaScript, the user is forced to remove all place holders), and even > JavaScript effects might be irritating (what text was there before I clicked > it?). It's IMO better to display a sample text near the corresponding field > (and use the title attribute, too, which I perceive as a good solution) -- > that's usable as well as accessible. I'm not against your proposal. A text near the field may be okay, but I don't know the way non-sighted can use it (where should we put it? I suppose *just before* the field...). I also think that putting the format help text in the field is more compact, and the fact that it is *inside* the field could help. But it's true that some people have trouble using it. Also, the author should prevent placeholder text from being processed if the user won't modify it... I suppose this is a little too complicated for simple sites: the outer field solution it's probably better. But we need a good way to display format example text, anyway. The guidelines should advice the better way to display them. Before the field is ok? There's a proper markup to display them?... Maurizio Boscarol http://www.usabile.it ======================================== Ecologia dei siti web http://www.ecologiadeisitiweb.it/ Hops Libri - A book to build a both usable and accessible site in the real world (only italian) ========================================
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