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From: Susan Grossman
Date: Mar 21, 2013 5:45AM

Last year a vendor supplied me with a white paper on using one field and a
date picker enhancement (one label), instead of using three fields for
dates (three labels) in forms.

Don't seem to be able to find this paper and was hoping someone could point
me to it, or give me an expert opinion that I can pass on. There is an
ongoing discussion among our UX teams with members feeling strongly about
both concepts and I'm looking for data or an accessibility experts
reasoning an recommendation.

I'm aware that many books like Hardboiled Web Design talk about the date
pickers airlines/hotels use as being painful and show single fields, but am
looking for the accessibility angle.

Thank you

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*Susan R. Grossman*
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