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Re: generic html5 errors

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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Jul 7, 2016 2:40PM


Thanks Birkir.

-Howard



On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Check whether your form field errors pass WCAG 3.3.3
> http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/minimize-error-suggestions.html
> If more helpful instructions can be provided without risking the
> user's secure data, it should be done.
> E.g. if user enters 8 numbers into a SSN field, your error message can
> say (soecial security number should be 9 characters), or if user enter
> date of birth 02/0/1990 your error message could re-interate the date
> format, even point out that the "day" portion of the date field is
> missing a digit.
> But for other fields a generic error message is all we can do.
> If the name field is empty, that is all you can tell the user.
> And if the user enters an invalid credit card number (doesn't match
> the one on file), you cannot display that info in an error message as
> it may compromise the security of the users payment info.
>
> Cheers
> -B
>
>
> On 7/6/16, Howard Kramer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Does a generic html5 error message such as "Please fill out this field"
> > (for fields with required attribute) meet WCAG 2.0 success criteria?
> >
> > From my reading of the success criteria at
> >
> https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/minimize-error-identified.html
> > it would seem that it does but wanted some other opinions.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Howard
> >
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Howard Kramer
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