[Athen] Proposal form for AHG 2013 is up in test mode
Howard Kramer
hkramer at ahead.org
Thu Mar 14 15:26:33 PDT 2013
Hmm - looks like I need to check those label names again.
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> I addressed the issues you mentioned as indicated below, in case you or
> someone else wants to check the corrections.
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu>wrote:
>
>> Answer: Yes you still need a label element with a fieldset/legend
>> combination. Otherwise every form control would have the same label.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The form accessibility issues that I found are:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> **· **You don’t have instructions on how to identify required
>> form controls for sighted users (without hovering over the form control).
>>
> Now have * and yellow field to indicate required.
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **Required form controls are denoted in the title
>> attribute. But since the form control has a label many assistive
>> technology will not read the title unless specifically set to read it as
>> well.
>>
> addressed via above
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **Since you have the same form controls for both speakers,
>> you have two form controls with the same label but different purposes. You
>> should make 1st speaker and 2nd speaker legends.
>>
> I added the legend. Looks nice too!
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **The “1st speaker and 2nd” speaker radio buttons target the
>> same label so they effectively have the same label.
>>
> I didn't find this. The labels appear to be different and matching to the
> input id. In any case I test it with a screenreader and seems to work.
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **The “length of session” radio buttons leave out whether it
>> is general or pre conference. (e.g., length of session 1-hr)
>>
> I added some "invisible" text to the labels for each radio button
> indicating general or main conference. I used the font size = 0px if
> anyone's interested.
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **The “type of presentation” radio buttons target the same
>> label.
>>
> Maybe I fixed it earlier and forgot but seems to be coded correctly when I
> just looked.
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **All of your “if you have not presented…” input form
>> controls in the table point to non-existent labels. Therefore, they are all
>> labeled by the legend and have the same label.
>>
> Added an "invisible" label for each field as per the length of session
> radio button labels above.
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **Some of your “for” attributes do not match the “id” on the
>> corresponding form control.
>>
> I went through and think I've corrected all of these.
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **On most of your form controls you use both a label element
>> and the aria-labelledby attribute. This may cause some assistive
>> technology to read the label twice. I would suggest you use one or the
>> other, preferably the label because its backwards compatible.
>>
> Removed the aria.
>
>
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Other issues:****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **Your skip links are not accessible to sighted
>> keyboard-only users and will not work with webkit browsers. (
>> http://whatisdamon.com/blog/2012/01/why-your-skip-to-content-link-might-not-work/
>> )
>>
> Have not fixed this one yet.
>
>> ****
>>
>> **· **Some of your “id” attributes are not valid because they
>> start with numbers (e.g., 1hour-ariaLabel). (
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#type-name)****
>>
>> ** Corrected this.**
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Joe Humbert, Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Specialist****
>>
>> UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers****
>>
>> Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington****
>>
>> 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E****
>>
>> Indianapolis, IN 46202****
>>
>> Office Phone: (317) 274-4378****
>>
>> Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824****
>>
>> johumber at iupui.edu****
>>
>> http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ <http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/>****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:
>> athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Howard
>> Kramer
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:40 AM
>> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network
>> *Subject:* [Athen] Proposal form for AHG 2013 is up in test mode****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Hello All:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The form is up at: http://accessinghigherground.org/wp/proposalform.phpif anyone would like to try it out. You can submit real proposals. I don't
>> want to advertise it to a larger audience until it's tested a bit.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The form seems very accessible in my tests with JAWs with Firefox but
>> JAWS with IE does not read the form controls correctly. Testing with
>> achecker returns errors with missing labels even where I have labels.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Question: with a legend tag are you still required to have a label tag.**
>> **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Any feedback is welcome.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thanks,****
>>
>> Howard
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
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