On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:31:21 +0800, Bert Doorn wrote: > Have we reached (or largely reached) the "until user agents" stage > yet? What implications is ignoring this guideline likely to have > (other than not getting "tick marks" from various automated tools), > given I use properly coded labels and (where needed) fieldsets for > the inputs?
I am reliably informed we have reached that point and that including default text now causes more problems than it solves. However I do not have many references to back this up - http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3346 is one public discussion. Note that it doesn't appear in WCAG 2.0 Other non-public discussions that I have archived suggest that it should always be scripted away, and not shown if javascript is disabled, and that a space is a good value if you really want to do it. HIH! Lea -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems - http://elysiansystems.com/ Brisbane, Australia ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
