Re: [orca-list] Figuring out what is wrong when filling a web form

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi, Sherab:

There are certainly standards, the most applicable being the Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), current version 2.0, from the W3C. Note
this specification is also an ISO standard, ISO/IEC 40500.

The problem is that many sites don't bother with standards. It's the old
adage about being able to lead a horse to water, but being unable to
make the horse drink.

So, this is probably not much help in your immediate situation. Hope
it's useful to someone.

Janina



Sherab writes:
> Dear all,
>
> Sometimes, it happens to me that, when I want to validate a form I have
> just filled, it does not work because a field has been filled in an
> unexpected way. In such situations, most of the time I find myself in
> trouble understanding what it is exactly that I have done in a way that
> displeases the web site.
>
> So, two quesitons, here:
>
> 1. How standard is the way used by web sites to tell users they have
> done something wrong? I guess it is not fully standard but perhaps it is
> at least a little bit?
>
> 2. When the site underlines the wrong field or displays it in red for
> instance, would there be a way to know about that through Orca?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shérab.
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