The perfect story to go with this one.  One I read with a smile on the face.


Just wanting to point out that I didn't say you have to RELY on people using
the UI features in the right way.  So whatever, if you don't implement
features for checking user errors, user errors is what you'll get.  I KNOW
there's going to be a file deletion when I press delete, and even a popup
asking me 'do you want to delete this file?' yet every now and then I press
the yes button although I didn't want to delete the file in the first place.

By saying users should know what the enter key does, I didn't say validation
isn't required (which is 'a' solution for the orginal problem).  However,
one should know (PROGRAMMER ALSO) the enter key may or may not be used.
Thus, implementing form validation through an onclick function on the submit
button is not an option.  It should go in the form onsubmit event to also
cope with enter key submission.

Good luck,


- Kayjey -



-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
[mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]Namens Berk/Devlin
Verzonden: vrijdag 6 juli 2001 1:33
Aan: Chuck Evans; 'HWG Techniques'
Onderwerp: Coping with imperfect users: Was: Suppressing carriage return
in a form action??


Here's a true story from my bad old programming days.

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