[thelist] Accessibility/usability of "Select Option" at top of list

ben morrison morrison.ben at gmail.com
Mon Jan 15 10:45:55 CST 2007


On 1/15/07, Julian Rickards <julian.rickards at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just so that it is clear, I meant "Select option" as a generic phrase: at
> the top of a country list, "Select Country" or at the top of a spots list
> "Select favourite sport", etc.

It was clear enough, I find that it's generally neccessary to prevent
defaults being entered by mistake:

TITLE: MR
MRS
MS
MISS

Could produce more MR by mistake

TITLE: Select Title
MR
MRS
MS
MISS

I would *guess* produce a more reliable result.

ben



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