[thelist] clear form code
Robert Gormley
robert at pennyonthesidewalk.com
Mon Mar 20 06:02:26 CST 2006
Interestingly, it is that 'bane' of some designers lives, Lynx, where
this comes in handy. The vast majority of graphical browsers out there
'select on focus', so you can tab through and override. Lynx does not do
this, to the best of my knowledge.
I have developed a web-interface (admittedly not the best solution, but
the one that came closest to meeting business criteria) to aid scorers
in live reporting of sporting events, that often necessitated the use of
'reset' functionality - mainly because the application would repopulate
the form to the 'most likely' next event to be recorded. While you might
argue that such 'intelligence' is counter-productive, it was able to be
trained to a large degree, so it enhanced usability, but still, reset
form functionality was well used. Unfortunately, this training could not
be realistically extended towards predicting outcomes, more is the pity!
Rob
Ian Anderson wrote:
> Ken Schaefer wrote:
>
>
>> I've
>> personally used reset buttons on more than one occaision. Not often, but more
>> than "once in a blue moon". I can't speak for anyone else.
>>
>
> Interesting - so do you remember what situations required the reset?
>
> I have never used one on purpose, but I have clicked them by accident
> several times.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ian
>
>
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