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Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 05/16/07 20:00
On 2007-05-16, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
>
>> Scripsit Beauregard T. Shagnasty:
>>> Radio buttons are by default unselected, unless you add checked
>>> to one of them.
>>
>> It's more complicated than that. This is a vague area in
>> specifications, and browser behavior varies. Moreover, there are
>> other reasons why every set of radio buttons should have one
>> alternative preselected; normally this alternative should be neutral
>> or indicate "not answered yet". See
>> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/choices.html
>
> So you're saying that:
> ( ) Male
> ( ) Female
> (X) Neither
> is ok? ;-0
If the question is "Gender?", then yes, it is OK.
If the question is "Sex?", then no, it is not (at least among
humans).
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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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