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Re: "<label>" for search field

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From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: May 17, 2010 3:15PM

As a screen reader user the actual title is adequate. I find many of the
descriptive standards actually slow the process down of accessing content on
a web site and I generally ignore most of them.
Chuck
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From: "Langum, Michael J" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:50 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] "<label>" for search field


> Our designers don't like the idea of the word "Search" just before our
> standard site "search" field. They feel that for sighted users, the
> placement just above the words "Advanced Search" in the upper right corner
> of the standard site-wide banner is a clear enough. And the use of
> "title" attribute in the actual <input> tag is good enough for screen
> reader users.
>
> What is the groups thinking on the adequacy of relying solely on "title"
> attributes to give a prompt for the standard site search field?
> <form action="search.asp" method="GET" name="gs" id="SearchForm">
> <input name="q" id="q" title="Search the OPM Site" size="26" type="text">
> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Go">
> </form>
>
> -- Mike
>
>