Comments on: Labels – An Easy Way to Make Forms Better for Everyone http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/ A web designoper's journal Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:04:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cory http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-5967 Cory Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:10:46 +0000 http://www.catchmyfame.com/?p=495#comment-5967 Nice article, thanks! I agree that using the tag is essential on forms, and thanks for Volker for the cursor:pointer tip!!! :) Nice article, thanks!

I agree that using the tag is essential on forms, and thanks for Volker for the cursor:pointer tip!!! :)

]]> By: admin http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-5913 admin Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:05:38 +0000 http://www.catchmyfame.com/?p=495#comment-5913 You're right, I was confusing the default cursor with the pointer. Good point(er). You’re right, I was confusing the default cursor with the pointer. Good point(er).

]]> By: Volker http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-5910 Volker Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:08:46 +0000 http://www.catchmyfame.com/?p=495#comment-5910 Unfortunately most browsers don't use the pointer/hand-cursor by default. In fact I didn't encounter any browser on windows which does. Don't know about the apple native ones. Unfortunately most browsers don’t use the pointer/hand-cursor by default. In fact I didn’t encounter any browser on windows which does. Don’t know about the apple native ones.

]]> By: admin http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-5907 admin Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:16:27 +0000 http://www.catchmyfame.com/?p=495#comment-5907 True. Corrected. :) True. Corrected. :)

]]> By: Caroline Jarrett http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-5904 Caroline Jarrett Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:57:14 +0000 http://www.catchmyfame.com/?p=495#comment-5904 You said: "The only point of the label tag is to provide a usability improvement for mouse users". That's not quite right. It *does* provide a usability improvement for mouse users, but it is also crucial for users who are using screen readers. A screen reader can have a rough stab at where the label is for the input widget without the label tag, but it is much more accurate if the label tag is properly used. So please everyone: use those label tags! You said:
“The only point of the label tag is to provide a usability improvement for mouse users”.
That’s not quite right. It *does* provide a usability improvement for mouse users, but it is also crucial for users who are using screen readers. A screen reader can have a rough stab at where the label is for the input widget without the label tag, but it is much more accurate if the label tag is properly used.
So please everyone: use those label tags!

]]> By: admin http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-5888 admin Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:44:42 +0000 http://www.catchmyfame.com/?p=495#comment-5888 Good point, although I believe most browsers do that automatically. If not though, CSS would do the trick. You could also style the label so that hovering your mouse over it underlines the text similar to the behavior of a link, thereby encouraging people to click it. Good point, although I believe most browsers do that automatically. If not though, CSS would do the trick. You could also style the label so that hovering your mouse over it underlines the text similar to the behavior of a link, thereby encouraging people to click it.

]]> By: Volker http://www.catchmyfame.com/2010/03/11/labels-an-easy-way-to-make-forms-better-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-5886 Volker Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:26:01 +0000 http://www.catchmyfame.com/?p=495#comment-5886 Setting the CSS property "cursor:pointer" on the label is also a good practice. It has the nice side effekt, that some novice users not knowing you can actually click the label will discover it. Setting the CSS property “cursor:pointer” on the label is also a good practice. It has the nice side effekt, that some novice users not knowing you can actually click the label will discover it.

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