On Fri, 25 May 2007 02:22:19 +0200, Sander Aarts wrote
(responding to Mike at Green-Beast.com) :
>
> Your demo form is a wonderful example of a web standards compliant and 
> accessible form
> (although I think that placing the label text before the field instead of 
> above makes
> it even more accessible for the avarage visitor, especcially if the form 
> tends to be
> long), [...]

You may be interested in this usability study[1] that concluded:

"Placing a label above an input field works better in most cases, because 
users aren’t forced to look separately at the label and the input field."

- and -

"In most cases, when placing labels to the left of input fields, using 
left-aligned labels imposes a heavy cognitive workload on users. Placing 
labels above input fields is preferable, but if you choose to place them 
to the left of input fields, at least make them right aligned."

[1] <http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000107.php>

Cordially,
David
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