Re: [WSG] Accessible form test

2005-06-09 Thread Peter Ottery
Hi Erwin, there'd be other people on the list that could comment on the use of access keys etc i'm sure. At a stretch I'd kinda consider some aspects of the visual presentation part of the broad spectrum that is accessibility though - or at least usability. i like thisarticle that looks at the

RE: [WSG] Accessible form test

2005-06-09 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
-Original Message- From: Erwin Heiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 10 June 2005 3:27 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Accessible form test Hi all, The new form is here: http://www.pixelsandtext.be/tests/newform.html I've read Joe Clarks book

Re: [WSG] Accessible form test

2005-06-09 Thread Terrence Wood
The only purpose definition lists in forms serve is to provide some visual formatting in cases where CSS is turned off. There was some discussion on the technique at simplebits around a year or so ago, and it is basically just substituting one set of tags for another (dl, dt, dl in lieu of

Re: [WSG] Accessible form test

2005-06-09 Thread Steven . Faulkner
Hi Erwin 1. i would ditch the accesskeys: see these articles for why: http://wats.ca/articles/accesskeys/19 http://wats.ca/articles/accesskeyconflicts/37 2. use javascript to clear the comments textarea on focus (if it contains the default text). 3. mark up abbreviations and acronyms abbr