--On Thursday, June 29, 2006 8:09 PM +0200 emf wrote:

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One of the tools that I have my students use is to test forms is the WAVE. [5] It will spot violations like missing labels, labels not associated with inputs, empty labels, etc. and notify you with icons. [6]

Great! I will use that and Cynthia.

Sounds good, Ethan. If you need any help interpreting the automated tools analysis and recommendations, please let me know.

To be effective, accessibility checkers should form part of a wider process that includes an informed person acting on their recommendations.

Where accessibility is concerned, human judgement is key. Knowledge is the best tool for ensuring accessibility. The tools are only useful if you know what they're looking for, and if you know how to interpret their suggestions (including allowing for special cases in your code that generate false alerts in the evaluation). They will also only verify a fraction of the things you need to do -- the rest of the checkpoints require "human judgement"-- i.e., knowledge.

Laura

Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/