WCAG 2.0 Comment Submission

Name: Jessica Enders
Email: jessicae@hiser.com.au
Affiliation: The Hiser Group
Document: W2
Item Number: Make text content readable and understandable.
Part of Item: 
Comment Type: TE
Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
In the previous version of these guidelines there was a very specific criterion regarding placement of labels and their associated fields (10.2). There doesn\'t seem to be any mention of this in the current guidelines, yet I would have thought that placement significantly impacts on accessibility. For example, a screen reader experience with a label to the left of a field versus to the right would be quite different.

Proposed Change:
Suggest the ideal orientation of labels in reference to their associated fields, based on your knowledge of screen readers and related mechanisms people with disabilities use to navigate through forms. 

Received on Wednesday, 7 June 2006 04:37:13 UTC