[thelist] [Usability] Where does the "*" required-marker go?

[Jim Dabell]

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On Monday 14 October 2002 12:06 pm, Scott wrote:
> I have two different font faces.
>
> Bold/black for a standard non-required field:
> Bold/red for a required field, with a legend saying
>
> "Bold/red fields are required"
>
> Works pretty well - people see colours better I think.

That's a pretty big accessibility hit:

What happens for colour-blind people?  (1 in 10 men, although, mostly
red/green blindness, I believe).

What happens when the user doesn't "see" the page?  Screen readers,
braillers, etc.

What happens when they have "use my colours" switched on?


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Jim Dabell


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