copying my response back to the list... On Feb 12, 2009 8:20 AM, "Christopher James Calo" <chris.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't have much experience with screen readers, but I think more semantic means of communicating label-field connection are preferred. The label element's for attribute and the aria labeledby attribute are designed for this very purpose. In my minimalist opinion, colons are non-data ink (that is, they contribute to distracting the eye and don't offer any useful information). So I agree with your copy dept and LukeW: throw them out. Tell me if you need more info on those attributes. Cheers, Chris On Feb 11, 2009 1:20 PM, <jor...@otto.dreamhost.com> wrote: 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
