Re:[WSG] how important are validation-programs?

2006-03-03 Thread McIvor Lee
Hi Soeren, That will only appear as a warning in the validator anyway, which I assume is just there as a reminder in case you've forgotten to specify an appropriate background-color which will allow enough contrast. As you've said though, in this case it obviously doesn't matter. I would just

Re:[WSG] Usability issue with form help

2006-03-13 Thread McIvor Lee
Hi Nathan, First of all I don't see any reason why the Help icons need to be in the tab order. You could set a more appropriate tab order in the markup that skips the Help icons, whilst still providing other methods of accessing the help text. For example, you could use a server-side scripting

Re(2): [WSG] Usability issue with form help

2006-03-14 Thread McIvor Lee
Daniel, The problem with this approach would be that you'd be over-riding the natural behaviour of the label, which would be to ease focussing on the associated field. Lee Daniel Nitsche (14/03/2006 03:31): As an idea, why not make the label for each field a link, which will provide