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From: Carolyn Baggoo
Date: Oct 9, 2008 2:30PM

I am a newbee to both Web Design and designing Accessible Websites. I really want to make it my mission to help make the web a better experience for the disabled. I have been following these threads with awe. You guys are so wonderful to share your knowledge with us all. I wanted to ask, Is there a book you would recommend I read first that you think is above the rest?

Carolyn
Barrier Free Website Design, Print and Video Media
www.bfwd.biz
http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10560721


--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Dean Hamack < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> From: Dean Hamack < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Optimum position of asterixes on web forms
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Received: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 4:03 PM
> 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>
>
>
>