[thelist] clear form code
Ian Anderson
ian at zstudio.co.uk
Mon Mar 20 08:58:34 CST 2006
M. Seyon wrote:
> I have spilled ink on my passport application form, rendering it unusable.
> Cost me an extra week to get back to the passport office, get a new form,
> get to a "professional" to endorse the new one, etc.
>
> Does that mean that the passport office form is destructive to usability
> because it's not inkproof?
I don't think that's a valid comparison. It's more like, imagine the
passport application form had a "spill ink on this form" button.
> Or does it mean I should be more careful next time, and as a corollary,
> that sh*t happens?
I don't think I would consider this as a key message of "user centered
design" :)
> I also use the Reset button - here's one classic case:
>
> Radio buttons without a default 'none selected' option. I think in practice
> many, many, many more forms are "destructive to usability" because they do
> not have such an option for their radio buttons.
Well, that's a different topic again, isn't it. I come from an
application software background, where UI guidelines stipulate that
radio buttons must have a default checked state. I don't agree with
loading a web page without one of each radio button group selected as a
default, and personally I don't believe that all radio button groups on
the web need a "none selected" option.
Cheers
Ian
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