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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Apr 11, 2017 2:11PM

Hello all,

I'm giving feedback on a webpage with an embedded form. With CSS disabled,
most of the page is fine: all the content seems to be there, the order is
clear. However, 2 things jump out at me.

1) Some parts of the page are randomly centered or right aligned (the rest
of the page is left aligned). It's still *usable*, but it looks awkward and
it makes it a little harder to read.

2) After the postal code field, there is a bunch of gibberish (possibly
code to check if the zip code is legit). Again, the field is usable, but
would it be concerning to a user? I find it very distracting. I tested it
with Voiceover: with CSS on, the gibberish does not read, with CSS
disabled, the gibberish *does* read.

My question is, do I call these things out as errors? They are obviously
not ideal, but I can't find anything to back up why they *must* be fixed.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Sarah

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Sarah Ferguson
Web Accessibility Specialist
Department of Digital Communications
Brandeis University