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Re: lynx-dev pre.10: (blind users and) Options Form/Menu
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Nelson Henry Eric |
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Re: lynx-dev pre.10: (blind users and) Options Form/Menu |
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Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:50:11 +0900 (JST) |
> Again, I think a better approach would be to see what we can do to make
> the forms-based options menu better for this constituency. To do that,
> we would have to make forms *generally* better for blind users. Doesn't
> that sound like a better, more synergistic path forward?
Yes, a very positive approach. We can forget the blind stuff, though,
because some sighted people, namely at least me, HATE forms. Every
time I get on a Japanese one, seems like I get seasick, lines bouncing
this way and that ...
Anyway, why I'm really posting is that what would really help me out
is if the forms-based options were ALL the popup kind and there were
NO fill-in types. It would make navigation MUCH easier. Guess it could
be done easily if the HTML specs allow it. Are <select> and <input>
mutually exclusive, or can a <input> go inside of a <select>?
Another thought on the layout was the repetition of the accept-reset-
cancel buttons top and bottom. My preference would be for them to
only be at the bottom, and arranged on separate lines, something like:
[31] Accept changes
[32] Accept and Save changes to disk
[33] Reset changes
[34] Cancel changes
Yes, change the "save" checkbox to a submit button, and the "cancel"
message to a link back to the page being viewed when the `o' key was
pressed.
Just some thoughts for 2-8-2.
__Henry