- From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lguarino@adobe.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 13:58:17 -0800
- To: "Gregg Vanderheiden" <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, "WAI GL \(E-mail\)" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I updated the Guide Doc to try to be more specific about how to provide the suggestion to the user. None of these sufficient techniques are meant to be preventive; they are all meant to describe the kinds of guidance that should be given to a user when an error is detected. Since that isn't coming through clearly, does anyone have any suggestions for how I might communicate that more effectively? Loretta Guarino Reid lguarino@adobe.com Adobe Systems, Acrobat Engineering > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gv@trace.wisc.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:09 PM > To: Loretta Guarino Reid; 'WAI GL (E-mail)' > Subject: RE: GL 2.5 L2 SC2 > > Not sure I understand your question - but the sufficient techniques have > to > respond directly to the success criterion requirements. In this case - > things to do when the content/server detects an error by the user. (some > of these look preventative rather than responsive. Those are good ideas > but > not required by success criterion. > > Follow? > > > Gregg > > -- ------------------------------ > Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. > Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. > Director - Trace R & D Center > University of Wisconsin-Madison > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Loretta Guarino Reid [mailto:lguarino@adobe.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:50 PM > To: Gregg Vanderheiden; WAI GL (E-mail) > Subject: RE: GL 2.5 L2 SC2 > > Hmm. I guess we need to say something like > > "Providing a text message that identifies the field as mandatory" > > These are all meant to identify what suggestions to provide, and would > presumably use the same techniques as GL 2.5 L2 SC1 to report to the > user. Should we explicitly refer to the error reporting techniques from > that SC? > > Loretta Guarino Reid > lguarino@adobe.com > Adobe Systems, Acrobat Engineering > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gv@trace.wisc.edu] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:42 AM > > To: Loretta Guarino Reid; 'WAI GL (E-mail)' > > Subject: RE: GL 2.5 L2 SC2 > > > > Thanks Loretta > > > > Could you look at the SUFFICIENT parts again? > > > > As I look at them they don't match the success criterion which is > about > > "if > > an error is detected...." > > But the "sufficient" items all talk about preemptive prompting rather > than > > recovery techniques. > > > > These are all good -- but just phrased wrong. I think it is fairly > easy > > to > > fix. > > > > For convenience they are listed below. > > > > > > > > Situation A: A mandatory field contains no information: > > > > * Identifying the field as mandatory. > > > > Situation B: Information for a field is required to be in a specific > data > > format: > > > > * Providing examples of the data format, or > > * Describing the data format, or > > * Providing values in the data format that are "similar" to the > user's > > entry > > > > Situation C: Information provided by the user is required to be one of > a > > limited set of values: > > > > * Providing the list of acceptable values and highlighting values > (if > > any) that are "similar" to the user's entry, or > > * Allowing the user to choose from a list of acceptable values, or > > * Describing the set of acceptable values, or > > * Describing the set of acceptable values and providing values > from > > the > > list that are "similar" to the user's entry. > > > > [edit] > > Technology-independent techniques for providing suggestions to the > user > > > > * Providing information about the number of input errors, > suggestions > > for corrections for each item, and instructions on how to proceed > > * Providing suggestions for correction as the first item (or one > of > > the > > first items) of content, or emphasizing this information in the > content. > > * Displaying errors and suggestions in the context of the original > > form. > > (e.g., redisplaying a form where input errors and suggestions for > > correction > > are highlighted and displayed in the context of the original form.) > > > > > > > > > > Gregg > > > > -- ------------------------------ > > Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. > > Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. > > Director - Trace R & D Center > > University of Wisconsin-Madison > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On > > Behalf > > Of Loretta Guarino Reid > > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:03 PM > > To: WAI GL (E-mail) > > Subject: GL 2.5 L2 SC2 > > > > > > One of my action items was to clean up the guide for GL 2.5 L2 SC2, on > > providing suggestions for corrections to input errors. You can find > the > > revised version at > > > > http://trace.wisc.edu/wcag_wiki/index.php?title=Guide_to_2.5_L2_SC_2 > > > > > > Loretta Guarino Reid > > lguarino@adobe.com > > Adobe Systems, Acrobat Engineering > >
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