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Comment LC-1131: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Gian Sampson-Wild <gian@tkh.com.au>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Submit buttons: Research has found that labelling a button "Go" is not informative enough. Buttons should be labelled "Find", "Submit", "Search" etc instead

Proposed Change:

Change the technique & replace "Go" with "Find", "Search" etc; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMB] Surveyed 17 Aug. Edited to reflect comments, 18 Aug. Discussed in the 24 August 2006 telecon: Unanimous Consent: Editors: LC-815, LC-894&LC-1000, LC-973, LC-1060 Team B: LC-609, LC-777, LC-778, LC-915, LC-984, LC-1012, LC-1127, LC-1131 Team C: LC-787 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/08/24-wai-wcag-minutes.html {accept} DONE Change Client-side Scripting technique "Using a "Go" button with a select element to perform an action" to "Using a button with a select element to perform an action" DONE In H32 "Providing Submit Buttons", Example 2, change value="Go!" to value="Go to Page" Updated internal WD 25 August. Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jul/0054.html; Resolution: We have changed the example in H32 to make the button label more explicit, and we have removed "Go" from the name of the Client-side Scripting technique.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)