Hello Mike,
People will most likely use the terms that they hear most often. So we have a
mismatch. Whilst most people out there are calling them drop down lists, a
screenreader user will hear the term Combo Box more frequently. I've just
checked and that's what both Jaws and NVDA call them. The answer is for
screenreaders to identify the features in the way that lay people are most
likely to refer to them, rather than with the technical term. It's like having
a programme that calls salt Sodium Chloride, because a chemist designed it.
Best,
Clive
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mike Ray
Sent: 21 July 2015 14:36
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: we don't stand a hope!
I would guess most folks who have never done any Win32 GUI programming would
not know what you mean by 'combo box'. I think 'drop-down list'
is a more well known name.
On 20/07/2015 12:48, David W Wood (Redacted sender david.g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
for DMARC) wrote:
Hi all
Somehow I managed to lock myself out of HSBC online banking and had to
go through a process with their internet security team.
The girl with whom I spoke didn't even know what a combo box is!
ATB
David W Wood
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