- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 01:03:02 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Steven Faulkner wrote: > In observing a screen reader (JAWS) user interacting with inputs > containing default text I have found that the default text can actually > hinder. The keyboard behaviour you describe "when tabbing into the > field, already preselects the entire existing value" did not occur when > the user tabbed to the input (may have something to do with the various > JAWS cursors/modes) so the user ended up filling in the field with the > default text at the end of the users input. That's some excellent info, Steven. Further reinforces the need to stop following this outdated WCAG 1.0 checkpoint, IMHO. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________
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