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Posted by Jose on 11/09/97 11:35
> Download a copy of your HTML document, edit the select element, and use the
> modified document to submit data that crashes your form handler
This user could not do the same with a non-drop-down input method? Or
is it the assumption that a drop-down entry method would not be checked
as rigourously that you are on about?
>>A drop down list is also one way of enforcing spelling.
>
> It moves the problem to variation in country names to the user.
.... who can handle it more easily than the computer? Or maybe not.
> [to handle creative spelling] Your form handler can accept
> whatever you wish to make it accept. This could
> be just country names in a fixed list, if you like.
But when a variant is rejected, the user should clearly be told why, or
they will get frustrated. A drop-down list makes that implicit.
My frustration (as a user) with such lists is when they are used for
something like time and date (which is much easier to type than to
select six items from six drop down lists), and when the lists are
"almost big enough" (such as a "time" list that shows ten elements when
there are twelve hours and makes you scroll for the rest.)
I'm not defending drop-downs because I like them, I'm being a bit of a
devil's advocate so I can learn a bit more.
Jose
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