Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 12/11/05 04:03

Leif K-Brooks wrote:
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> What makes you think visitors want your preferences forced on them? I
> use the keyboard heavily, and any site which won't let me use the
> keyboard shortcuts I've chosen will receive a backbuttoning.

For some time know, many browsers when presented with a form with text
field will 'submit' the form when the enter key is pressed. This may not
be desirable if there are other fields that are required to successfully
submit the form. JavaScript can really shine here, where a designer we
can disable this behavior and prevent the ping-pong with the server for
each missing field and instead require an intensional pressing of the
submit button. This is no disservice to the visitor.


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Take care,

Jonathan
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