Re: gnuarch.org

IT ACTUALLY READS FINE WITH A SCREEN READER - THAT WAS THE
FIRST THING I DID
WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS IT. THE LEGEND JUST APPEARS TO BE
ANOTHER PARAGRAPH
AND THE USER IS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF
THE FIELDSET
ELEMENTS.

IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE BETTER TO USE HEADER ELEMENTS BUT IT'S
ACTUALLY NOT
THAT BAD. IN FACT I CAN'T THINK OF ANY PROBLEMS IT WOULD
CAUSE FOR ANY USER
GROUP OR USER AGENT.

AT LEAST IT DOESN'T ADD A LOAD OF VERBIAGE LIKE SOME NASTY
CODING METHODS. I
CAME ACROSS A SITE WHERE THEY WANTED TO INDENT ALTERNATE
PARAGRAPHS BY ABOUT
100 PIXELS SO THEY PUT THOSE PARAGRAPHS INSIDE THREE NESTED
BLOCKQUOTES.
THAT RESULTED IN JAWS READING "BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE
BLOCKQUOTE BLAH BLAH
BLAH BLAH BLOCKQUOTE END BLOCKQUOTE END BLOCKQUOTE
END". NOW THAT IS NASTY.

STEVE



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FROM: LISTDADWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG [MAILTO:LISTDADWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG]
ON BEHALF OF FRANK PALINKAS
SENT: 12 JANUARY 2007 15:43
TO: WSGWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG
SUBJECT: RE: [WSG] RE: USAGE OF FIELDSET

HI STEVE,

YEP, I'VE SEEN IT ALSO. PITY THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED USER
WITH A SCREEN
READER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

FRANK

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FROM: LISTDADWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG [MAILTO:LISTDADWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG]
ON BEHALF OF STEVE GREEN
SENT: FRIDAY, 12 JANUARY, 2007 17:28 PM
TO: WSGWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG
SUBJECT: RE: [WSG] RE: USAGE OF FIELDSET

I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SITES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, PRESUMABLY
FOR THE VISUAL
EFFECT OF HAVING A BORDER AROUND EACH SUBSECTION OF CONTENT;
SOME BROWSERS
WILL GIVE THAT BORDER ROUND CORNERS. OF COURSE THE SAME
EFFECT CAN BE
ACHIEVED WITH THE CORRECT USE OF CSS BUT MAYBE THEY JUST
THOUGHT THIS WAY IS
EASIER.

STEVE


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FROM: LISTDADWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG [MAILTO:LISTDADWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG]
ON BEHALF OF BARNEY CARROLL
SENT: 12 JANUARY 2007 14:59
TO: WSGWEBSTANDARDSGROUP.ORG
SUBJECT: RE: [WSG] RE: USAGE OF FIELDSET

MIHAEL ZADRAVEC WROTE:
> HI!
>
> WHAT WOULD BE YOUR REACTION, IF YOU'D SEE SOMEONE USING
<FIELDSET> FOR
> SOMETHING ELSE THAN CONTAINING FORMS?
>
> EG. SOMETHING LIKE...
>
> <FIELDSET>
>     <LEGEND>SOME TITE HERE</LEGEND>
>     <DIV CLASS="NOTIFICATION">
>     <P>THIS IS SOME CONTENT.</P>
>     </DIV>
> </FIELDSET>
>
> CYA!
> MIHAEL

IT'S INCORRECT AND POINTLESS. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DO
SUCH A THING?

REGARDS,
BARNEY


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