You are mixing up two unrelated issues. As long as the radio buttons are marked up correctly, they will be WCAG 2.0 compliant. The AFB's opinion is irrelevant in this respect. The AFB's comments are of interest with regard to the user experience, and it would be helpful if they justified their statement. In my opinion, based on years of user testing with screen reader users, radio buttons need not be difficult to use and are almost never "very difficult" to use. I would agree that they are slightly more difficult to use than a select element, and they are definitely more difficult to use if they are contained in a fieldset and the legend contains a lot of text (the legend is read out before the label for each radio button). You have to balance this against the fact that radio buttons are generally preferred by most users because they can see all the options at a glance and only one click is necessary instead of two. Steve Green Director Test Partners Ltd
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of tee Sent: Sun 17/07/2011 00:14 To: [email protected] Subject: [WSG] accessibilty: avoid radio buttons? I am building a site that must meet wcag 2.0 compliant. A web form has radio buttons option, and according to afb.org: Radio buttons are not supported consistently by all versions of browsers, screen readers, and combinations. A correctly labeled and tagged set of radio buttons is a very difficult control for users of screen-reading technology. If a "choose only one" situation is called for, a select menu is preferable. Is this a sound advice? Thanks! tee ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
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