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Re: Optimum position of asterixes on web forms
From: Dean Hamack
Date: Oct 9, 2008 2:20PM
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That's semantically incorrect. An asterisk is not an abbreviation. Proper
use of abbr is like so:
<abbr title="Telephone Number">PH:</abbr> 206.905.8575
On 10/9/08 12:50 PM, "Andy Mabbett" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Wouldn't that be better as:
>
> <h2>* denotes mandatory field</h2>
> <label>Name:<abbr title="mandatory">*</abbr></label>
>
> or perhaps:
>
> <h2><abbr title="required">*</abbr> denotes mandatory field</h2>
> <label>Name:<abbr>*</abbr></label>
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