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Re: Foreign:Re: Optimum position of asterixes on web forms

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From: Moore, Michael
Date: Oct 9, 2008 2:50PM


FYI there seems to be a bug in JAWS 9 where the abbreviation and
acronyms are not being expanded even when selected in the verbosity
settings.

Mike

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Subject: Foreign:Re: [WebAIM] Optimum position of asterixes on web forms

On 09/10/2008 20:50, Andy Mabbett 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>
>
> ?
>

since when is * an abbreviation?

Rich