I agree that color alone might not be enough, but it's a start. Perhaps a border color and a tint to the inside of the required field? Basically using color/padding/margin/etc to differentiate the required fields from the optional.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Horkan Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 2:52 PM Cc: 'Usability gnome conference' Subject: RE: [Usability] Indicating required fields On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, David Zulaica wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:57:24 -0700 > From: David Zulaica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Matthew Thomas' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > 'Usability gnome conference' <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [Usability] Indicating required fields > The required fields could have a different color border. Subject [ ] (required) It is ugly but it is accessible and unambiguous. Colour alone is not likely to be enough. I'd be happy enough with the star like what you see on the web as it would meet common user expectations, principle of least astonishment. - Alan H. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
