RE: [W3C] default place holder for radio buttons- checkpoint 10.4

Gender: male, female, other ? I'd think that would confuse people more
than anything else (or make for some interesting results if nothing else)
 
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 To: Scarlett Julian (ED) 
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 Subject: Re:[W3C] default place holder for radio buttons- checkpoint 10.4
 
 


 On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Scarlett Julian (ED) wrote:
 
 > "Is it necessary to make a radio button in a fieldset checked? I know that it
 > is a requirement for WCAG 10.4 but how useful is it? I'm a bit worried by
 > setting one as checked for say, indicating a user's gender in a form, and
 > then that user hitting return accidentally and sending information that they
 > haven't actually entered. I guess the same applies to checkboxes. For text
 > inputs the problem is less because the form will just submit something like
 > "enter your name" instead of a name but with buttons the data sent could be valid but incorrect"
 
 why not have a "Starting" point radio button, something like "other" or
 "N/A"
 
 
 Bob
 
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