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From: SaravanaMoorthy.P
Date: Nov 10, 2011 8:39AM

Guys,

Usability professionals think that they are very smart and thought of
including this feature, so that the users can avoid couple of
clicks/tabbing.
However they don't think how this feature will lead a accessibility
barrier for non-visual users.

Even I found this "Irritating Auto Tabbing" thing when I was doing a
credit card transaction where it requires the card number in 4 sets(each
4 no.) of text fields.
As a sighted user, I managed to enter the card number. But non-visual
users will struggle a lot.

My Thought - Developers can provide a check box with a label associated
to it stating "Disable Auto Tabbing" (before the text fields).
Doing so, this could be usable and also break the accessibility barrier.

Comments, Thoughts, Suggestion...?


cheers,
Saran