[thelist] [Usability] Where does the "*" required-marker go?
Jim Dabell
jim-lists.evolt.org at jimdabell.com
Mon Oct 21 16:58:01 CDT 2002
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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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