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November 2001, Week 4

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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:38:06 -0500
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Steve Dirickson wrote:
>
> > Keep in mind that filling in an HTML form is frequently not
> > as efficient
> > as keeping your hands on the keyboard all the time (no mouse
> > grabbing).
>
> Why not? A TAB is a TAB, whether it's on a VPlus form, a Windows
> dialog box, or an HTML form.
>

I'm coming around to agreement, peraticularly on IE where you
can hit <enter> for Submit, there is no need for using the
mouse at all. Yet, for the untrainin or occasional user, a
web page can be very friendly.

Also, web forms are going to get better with Xforms:
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/

Richard
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