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Re: Accessible Form Validation Errors

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From: Mike Moore
Date: Sep 3, 2004 8:14AM

"What about preforming error checking as one tabs from field to field? An
error message could come up immediately. Closing the error message would
return the user to the field that needs attention."

Actually I would discourage this practice - immediate feed back on each
field can be disorienting and frustrating.

Mike