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 this article that looks at the pros/cons of form layout, label positioning & alignment:
applying some of those presentation ideas would enhance the ability to quickly grasp the different parts to the form (i'm getting some mis-alignment with some of the form labels in the "enquiry details" part of teh form). browser cam results here:
http://www.browsercam.com/public.aspx?proj_id=168943
I havent read Joe's book. does he specifically recommened the use of definition lists for layout? sounds like a decent enough idea. theres potential to go without the dl though, and use the form tag itself and the label tags as the "hooks" to define styles & alignment.
theres a bunch of examples for form layout which youve probably already seen, i often go back to Cameron Adams' article and examples:
but yeah - as mentioned, you're probably after specific feedback on the use of accesskeys etc - hopefully some of the gurus will chime in :)
cheers,
pete ottery
On 6/10/05, Erwin Heiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm sorry for sending this againg but the link for the new form was wrong,
that's what happens when you've been staring at a screen for too long...
Iım pretty new to marking up forms so I decided to ³get it right² right from
the start.
Iıve recoded a contact form they are using on a website Iım working on.
The old form (the one currently in use) is here:
http://www.pixelsandtext.be/tests/oldform.html
The new form is here:
http://www.pixelsandtext.be/tests/newform.html
Both forms validate to their respective DTD.
The old one is marked-up using tables, the new one uses a definition list
and a few CSS-rules for the layout. I've read Joe Clarks book "building
accessible websites" and applied most of the stuff in the "Forms" chapter.
(Funny thing, even when adding all the CSS rules and the accessiblity
extra's to the HTML the file size is roughly the same as the old form)
Would some of the WSG accessibility gurus please have a look at this form?
I'd welcome any comment and/or suggestions...
Thanks in advance,
Erwin Heiser
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