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09/28/2019 04:59:55 PM (6 years ago)
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  • Ticket #47318, comment 24

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    11@afercia Yes, that's what I meant by pointing out the differences between a "web page" and a "web app".
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    3 Labels are good for forms on web pages where the visitor is considered to be unfamiliar with the page. However in apps, labels can easily become "out of place".
     3Labels are good for forms on web pages where the visitor is considered to be unfamiliar with the page. However in apps, (visible) labels can easily become "out of place".
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    55If you look at the HTML on that screen, yes, it is a form. But that screen is not a typical web form. It is much closer to a screen in Google Docs or in MS Word. The whole "meaning" of the screen is different there, the apps don't use labels the same way as web page forms :)
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     7Both the HTML specs and the WPCampus report look at wp-admin as being a series of web pages. That's not the case, it is closer to being an application on Windows or Mac. The requirements there are not the same as for web pages.
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     9That's why the accessibility tam work is so important and so hard :)