Hi, Alan. > ... I wondered what the experience would be like for blind > users - would they hear that message after they finished typing in > their number and tabbed forward?
Screen reader users will eventually be able to hear updates like that, when WIA ARIA is supported, but at the moment it is very patchy. Firefox 3.5 and a public domain reader called NVDA (for Windows) currently provide the best support for new features like this. Ironically, what are called 'live regions in ARIA (that can be updated asynchronously) weren't supported by NVDA when I last tried. They worked in with the JAWS screen reader, though. Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM mailto:[email protected] http://www.syntagm.co.uk skype:williamhudsonskype Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Wexelblat > Sent: 09 October 2009 4:48 PM > To: list IXDA > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] A minor follow-up on identifying credit cards' > types > > Recently there was a discussion on the list about whether it was > necessary to require users to select what type of credit card they > were entering. > > This morning I made a donation through the online service causes.com. > As part of that process I entered a credit card number. There was no > field to select card type. Instead the blank space directly below the > input box for my CC number changed in mid-entry to display the message > "Thank you for using your Visa card." The message was right where my > focus of attention was but didn't seem too intrusive. > > I thought this was a moderately elegant solution - it's not perfect in > that it requires running code in the browser (Javascript or AJAX I'd > imagine). I wondered what the experience would be like for blind > users - would they hear that message after they finished typing in > their number and tabbed forward? > > I also liked the fact that causes.com embedded my name in the URL I > clicked to get to their page so it was pre-filled in the form for me. > Again, not a perfect solution but it shows that they are at least > thinking about the user experience and working to improve it. > > Best, > --Alan > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
