Why not create a css style for colons, so that they are only visible for screen readers.
Regards, Chris Chris English | Art Director Blackboard Connect Inc. Phone: 818-808-1791 | Fax: 818-808-1702 | Mobile: 408-904-8136 www.blackboardconnect.com <http://www.blackboardconnect.com> Connect-ED® | Connect-CTY® | Connect-GOV® | Connect-MIL® ________________________________ ________________________________ From: <jor...@otto.dreamhost.com> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:55:56 -0800 To: <disc...@ixda.org> Subject: [IxDA Discuss] To use a colon or not to use a colon after field labels Could anyone help me on the subject of whether to use colons after field labels. I have found one accessibility paper and a few other not-so-respected sources that indicate that colons after field labels help screen reader users, as well as normal vision users, to expect an input field. However, after years of including colons after field labels, our copy dept now maintains that a colon is punctuation and shouldn't be included after field labels. I've also found Jarrett's, "No one cares about colons but UX people" and Luke W doesn't mention it in his book :(. Has anyone fought this battle before? Do you have any sources that you could point me to? Thanks in advance, Courtney Jordan ________________________________________________________________ Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38531 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________ This email and any attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information of Blackboard Connect Inc. that is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, re-distribution or other use of any of this information is strictly prohibited. Please immediately notify the sender and delete this transmission if you received this email in error. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
