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Re: Required Fields and Username / Password on a Website

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jul 25, 2012 10:44AM

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Stella Mudd wrote:

> I'm afraid that by not adding necessary required indication for even login
> pages, it could render the page virtually unusable for users with cognitive
> disabilities.

I've never seen this. It's very reasonable to assume that a basic form
that has one or two fields requires those fields to be completed
before submitting the form. After all, why else would they activate a
"Submit" button if not to actually submit data? I can easily argue
that adding "required" or some other visual indication to such fields
would increase the cognitive load and render them less accessible to
everyone, especially those with some cognitive disabilities.

As I noted before, there would still be a need for error messages if
they happened to submit the form without completing the required
fields.

Jared