David Dorward wrote: > > 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 [____________] Or the form could be designed using drop downs (<select>), to remove any ambiguity from the on-set. JF --- John Foliot Academic Technology Specialist - Online Accessibility Stanford University 560 Escondido Mall Meyer Library 181 Stanford, CA 94305-3093Received on Friday, 22 September 2006 15:36:57 GMT
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