- From: Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 10:53:35 -0500
- To: "Steven McCaffrey" <SMCCAFFR@MAIL.NYSED.GOV>, <charles@w3.org>
- Cc: <poehlman1@home.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, <graham_oliver@yahoo.com>, mike@gwmicro.com
Has anyone reviewed the results with Window-Eyes? (http://www.gwmicro.com) At 11:15 AM 5/31/2001 -0400, Steven McCaffrey wrote: >Hello Charles: > > Good question. I don't want to generalize, so let me just give an > example that does work. The example in section 11.2 of the >HTML Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 works >fine. I hear >"First name colon edit" >then I hit tab and hear: >"Last name colon edit" >which is fine. >The snipet for the first name is: > > <LABEL for="firstname">First name: </LABEL> > <INPUT type="text" id="firstname" tabindex="1"> > >Note my comments above are not about grouping form controls which is the >main point of 11.2. I am just commenting on the label element. > > >Steve > > > >>> Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org> 05/31/01 09:50AM >>> >If they have labels (using the label element) does this improve things? > >Charles McCN > >On Thu, 31 May 2001, Steven McCaffrey wrote: > > Hi Charles: > > > I'm using JFW 3.31. I will just hear "edit". > > Steve > > >>> Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org> 05/31/01 08:43AM >>> > Thanks Steven, Dave. > > Can you please explain what software you're using, and what happens? > > cheers > > Chaals > > On Thu, 31 May 2001, Steven McCaffrey wrote: > Hello: > I agree with David in that it is still an issue. The consequence is > that I will hear only "Edit" but will not know what type of > information is requested. > > Steve McCaffrey > Information Technology Services > NYSED > >>> "David Poehlman" <poehlman1@home.com> 05/31/01 07:49AM >>> > it is still an issue although many have solved it. even though you have > to rub the text out, it is best to have something telling you where to > write because some renderings still confuse labels with edit boxes. > > ----- Original Message ----- > ... > > the rationale for this one was that there were assistive technology and > browser combinations that would skip over empty form controls. I am not > certain, but I believe that this is no longer an issue. I will ask the > Web Content Accessibility Guidelines group to address this question as > fast as possible. > > > >-- >Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 >134 136 >W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 >258 5999 >Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia >(or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, >France) -- Aaron Smith GW Micro Phone: 219/489-3671 Fax: 219/489-2608 WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com Technical Support & Web Development
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