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From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sep 8, 2010 12:28AM

I had no problem accessing this form using JAWS 11 and IE8.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin White" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Forms as lists


> Hi Rak,
>
> This article from A List Apart talks about it
> (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/prettyaccessibleforms) and this is an
> example that they provide
> http://www.alistapart.com/d/prettyaccessibleforms/example_1/
>
> Kevin
>
> On 2 Sep 2010, at 11:33, < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Kevin,
>> Can you provide with a scenario where a list is used for forms. I can
>> verify the same.
>> Regards
>> Rak
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Kevin White
>> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:56 PM
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List
>> Subject: [WebAIM] Forms as lists
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am starting to see forms being presented as lists on a more regular
>> basis but I am struggling to find the rationale for this. Some recent
>> testing with an experienced JAWS user highlighted this as a slight issue
>> for him. My opinion is that this is not an accurate use of semantic
>> markup, however, I am aware that some have argued that a form is a list
>> of questions.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience of this? How do screen reader users find
>> this sort of form?
>>
>> Thanks for any input,
>>
>> Kevin
>>