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Re: Semantic structure of forms with non-form steps

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From: Joelle Tegwen
Date: Feb 21, 2005 7:07AM

The problem with this, that I see, is that users without JavaScript wouldn't
get the whole form. That's not acceptable for our audience.

Thanks though,
Joelle

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http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/dynamicforms.html

look at this. i could not believe my eyes at first. A.

Joelle Tegwen wrote:
> I'm designing activities for students to do and some of the activities are
> like this:
> Step 1: Do something
> Step 2: Do another thing
> Step 3: Do a third thing and answer these questions:
> a: question 1:
> b: question 2:
> c: question 3:
> Step 4: Do another thing and answer these questions:
> a: question 1:
> b: question 2:
> c: question 3:
>
>
> Normally I would take the textareas a, b,c and put them in a fieldset with
> the instructions of the question in the legend (or a short version in the
> legend and the description in the paragraph.
>
> However, I would like 1 & 2 to not only look the same, but come across the
> same semantically (to screen headers, people without css, etc)
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Joelle Tegwen
>
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