Category Archives: FORMs

Web forms

How to Hide “Required” from Visual Users, but Make it Available for All Others

Posted on August 27, 2008 by John F Croston III

How do most people usually designate that a field is “Required” in a web FORM? I would think that it is with an asterisk (*) after the actual INPUT field and it is sometimes made “bold” and “RED”. There are … Continue reading →

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Further Explanation of My Accessibility Presentation

Posted on January 25, 2008 by John F Croston III

Over the next few weeks YEARS, I will post in more detail different sections of my “Is Your Website Accessible” presentation. Two of the topics I have already covered on my blog are: Use of UL or OL in HTML … Continue reading →

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Long Week in Technology Last Week

Posted on January 23, 2008 by John F Croston III

It’s been a long week in technology for me this week. I spent about five or six hours on both last Saturday and Sunday working on the website for my accessibility talk for the Refresh DC meet up on Thursday … Continue reading →

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Accessibility Presentation Slides from Refresh DC Meetup

Posted on January 17, 2008 by John F Croston III

Thanks, again for all of you coming out to here a talk on Accessibility. Here are the “Is Your Website Accessible” slides from my presentation on 2008/01/17. I had a great time this evening doing this. It was worth all the … Continue reading →

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Use of UL or OL in HTML Forms

Posted on December 31, 2007 by John F Croston III

I just finished re-reading Roger Johansson’s wonderful article entitled “Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible“. I agree with everything he said, except I think by putting the label and the input elelements as part of an un-ordered list (UL) or an ordered … Continue reading →

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