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Re: Alternatives to LEGEND for a radio button?

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Sep 5, 2009 12:10PM

HiYucca
You wrote:

If this is a JAWS problem, then JAWS, or maybe settings, need fixing. After
all, more than 99% of web users are not using JAWS, so it would be
disproportionate to remove a reasonably designed element from HTML
specifications or stop using it. Besides, authors won't stop using it and
won't modify existing pages and software to remove legend and fieldset

Geof:
Had to reply to this again, you seem to be saying that since JAWS
users are only 1% of web users then it doesn't seem appropriate to
change it just for 1%, but on the other hand yousay it is necessary
which seems to suggest that it is a visual thing so why not just use
css to create the grouping effect?

cheers

Geof


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