On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 09:06:32PM +0930, Matthew Smith wrote: > The only time where I can see that a format needs to be forced - and > thus contextual help be provided - is with dates. Even there you can allow free form entry, and then prompt the user on the response page if there is any ambiguity. An example of a format which is always unambiguous can reduce the need for the prompt to a subset of cases where the user ignores the example. Date: [_______________] (e.g. 27/Sep/2006) So 14/Dec/2006, 14 Dec 2006, Dec 14 2006, or 14/12/2006 (etc) would go straight through, while 07/08/09 would result in something like: Sorry, we had some trouble understanding the date you entered, did you mean: [] 7 August 2009 [] 8 July 2009 [] Other: Day [____________] Month [___________] Year [____________] -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.ukReceived on Friday, 22 September 2006 11:48:53 GMT
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