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Re: Accessible Form Validation Errors

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From: Randy Pearson
Date: Sep 10, 2004 10:19AM

+1 on that. We would love to see such an article, whether a finished product
or for peer review.

-- Randy

> From: lainie.strange [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:37 AM
>
> I think there would be a lot of interest on this list. I would
> definitely vote for an article to be put together. Thanks, David, for
> offering.
>
> Lainie
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> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:49:33 -0600
>
> My colleagues and I have developed a guideline document for handling
> accessible and usable form validation errors. Lisa Battle and I even
> discussed it as part of our UPA 2004 presentation: "Design
> Patterns and
> Guidelines for Usable and Accessible Web Applications" -- by
> Lisa Battle
> and David Hoffman. The guidelines use a diverse variety of techniques
> for ensuring that different types of users will be aware of the
> existence and number of errors, be able to easily navigate to the
> errors, and have easy access to all associated directions and
> cues. The
> outline of the document is as follows:
> snip...
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>
> If there is interest, we would consider preparing an article
> to offer to
> WebAIM on the topic.
>
> Take Care,
> David