- From: Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:36:42 +0300 (EEST)
- To: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Frank Ellermann wrote:
> Minor validator nit, please add a Reset-
> button to the "validate by direct input" form, something like
> <input type="reset" class="hideme" /> for old browsers.
Please don't. Destruction buttons ("reset buttons") considered harmful,
see e.g. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000416.html
By the way, on a typical browser, you can wipe out the contents of the
text input field by pressing the Esc key there. No questions asked. This
is bad software design, but the point is that there is no need to create
duplicate functionality by adding a button.
Actually there _is_ a destruction button in the "Extended Direct Input
Interface" at http://validator.w3.org/fragment-upload.html
It might be marginally useful, but it should at least be placed _before_
the form, not alongside with the submit button. (How would you like a
computer that has two identical-looking buttons side by side, one for
starting the computer and one for erasing the disk?)
--
Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
Received on Wednesday, 28 September 2005 17:37:28 UTC