Re: [orca-list] Your opinion on radio button and check box presentation?

[José Vilmar Estácio de Souza <vilmar informal com br>]

Hi.
My vote is for option 1.

On 11/14/2013 10:59 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Responding to myself because of the unexpected answers. I wasn't asking
> about "selected" versus "checked." That doesn't bother me; in fact, I
> think the state words are fine. What bothers me is the ordering. So what
> I was really asking is, which of the following is the Right(tm) way:
>
> 1. Foo selected radio button, Foo checked check box
> 2. Foo radio button selected, Foo check box checked
>
> VoiceOver seems to have settled on version 1 (including the use of
> "selected" and "checked." If memory serves me, JAWS goes with version 2.
>
> So.... Unless people feel strongly about changing the state name, I
> wasn't going to alter that.
>
> Sorry for any confusion.
> --joanie
>
>
> On 11/14/2013 01:07 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey all.
> >
> > Given a checked/selected widget labeled foo, Orca says:
> >
> > * Foo selected radio button
> > * Foo check box checked
> >
> > I know it's minor, but inconsistency bugs me. And these feel like they
> > are inconsistent for no good reason. So... Is there a valid reason why
> > they are different, other than "it's always been that way"? Or does this
> > nit annoy you as well?
> >
> > --joanie (who may have acquired a widget neurosis from the refactor)
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{}S José Vilmar Estácio de Souza