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From: Mackenzie, Hamish
Date: Nov 5, 2008 3:10PM

Hi Angela

this is a great article with some good tips esp for 2.0 related issues.

http://www.usability.com.au/resources/wcag2/

cheers

Hamish

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Subject: [WebAIM] access form error messages

Hello,

I am trying to find some online articles/data about the best way to
present error messages on a form. Does anyone know of such an online
resource?



Type of questions I have -



Is it better for the screen reader user to have all form validation
errors presented in a list on the page?

Or is it better to have each error message positioned with the form
element that failed validation? If so, where?



Thank you once again for your insight.







Angela French

Internet Specialist

State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

360-704-4316

http://www.checkoutacollege.com

http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu