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[kevin D. white]

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Zero validation on  the client or server is certainly silly.  That's a
great example of a really bad form implementation.  My position has always
been that coding the validation in two different places is wasteful because
it's duplication.  Server-side validation is as an absolute must.  If you
validate form data at all, you have to do it all server-side regardless of
whether or not you also do some validation client-side.  There is no way
around this.

I've also found through user studies I have done on my projects that
client-side validation tends to be ignored more often than server-side.
The very act of submitting the form and then waiting for processing seems
to prepare my users better for new information than simply switching
elements around on the page or throwing a modal box.  I can only say this
has been true of my projects where I have been able to conduct proper user
studies.  I would not support extending these results to all Internet
users.

Thanks again for that great example.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Maynes" <andrew at uk-webdeveloper.co.uk>
: I dont understand what you are saying here?
:
: why is client-side validation a waste of time?
:
: Creating form like this is a waste of time
http://www.bicom.net/contact.html
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: andrew

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