- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:15:21 +0200
Ian Hickson wrote:
>
>> [4] Why a balloon instead of an alert? Firstly, people
>> don't read alerts. Secondly, it makes the identity
>> of the field more obvious. And thirdly, it removes
>> the need to dismiss anything -- you can edit the
>> field with the balloon still present, and the
>> balloon fades away as soon as you do something else.
>
> This was also already mentioned in the appropriate section.
You could make it a bit more explicit by
"alerting the user (ideally using a non-modal mechanism)"
->"alerting the user (ideally using a non-modal mechanism such as
a help balloon)"
>>>2.10. The required attribute
>>>...
>>>For check boxes, the required attribute shall only be satisfied when
>>>the checkbox is checked.
>>>
>>>For radio buttons, the required attribute shall only be satisfied when
>>>exactly one of the radio buttons in that radio group is checked.
>>
>>53. Suggestion: Use the present tense.
>> * "shall only be satisfied" --> "is satisfied only"
>
>
> "shall" is an RFC 2119 term. And it _is_ present tense.
It is /not/ present tense. It is future tense.
"shall go to the store" is not the same as "is going to the store";
the former happens in the future. Saying "I shall eat dinner" makes
no more sense while I'm eating the dinner than saying "I will eat
dinner".
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm
~fantasai
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