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People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it!

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  People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it! lorlarz <lorlarz@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 12:02 -0700
    Re: People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it! "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-10-18 14:00 -0700
      Re: People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it! Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-18 14:48 -0700
        Re: People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it! Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-18 16:30 -0700
          Re: People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it! "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-19 09:29 +0200
      Re: People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it! Dr J R Stockton <reply1242@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-19 19:29 +0100

#16714 — People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it!

People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it!
Alternative:
Sample online, with link to  downloadable zip at bottom of the page:
http://mynichecomputing.org/testnew3.html 

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#16717

On Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:02:20 PM UTC-5, lorlarz wrote:
> People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it!
> 
> Alternative:
> 
> Sample online, with link to  downloadable zip at bottom of the page:
> 
> http://mynichecomputing.org/testnew3.html

Which people? I dislike not having an option to use my mouse and last I checked I was a member of the set of People.

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#16718

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:07 -0700 (PDT), "Michael Haufe (TNO)"
<tno@thenewobjective.com> wrote:

>On Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:02:20 PM UTC-5, lorlarz wrote:
>> People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it!
>> 
>> Alternative:
>> 
>> Sample online, with link to  downloadable zip at bottom of the page:
>> 
>> http://mynichecomputing.org/testnew3.html
>
>Which people? I dislike not having an option to use my mouse and last I checked I was a member of the set of People.

     I can type well.  Having to switch to the mouse to slowly enter a
date is a bother.  It is bad enough when I am using the form but once,
but were it something that I had to use frequently, I would be very
displeased.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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#16722

On 10/18/12 2:48 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:07 -0700 (PDT), "Michael Haufe (TNO)"
> <tno@thenewobjective.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:02:20 PM UTC-5, lorlarz wrote:
>>> People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it!
>>>
>>> Alternative:
>>>
>>> Sample online, with link to  downloadable zip at bottom of the page:
>>>
>>> http://mynichecomputing.org/testnew3.html
>>
>> Which people? I dislike not having an option to use my mouse and last I checked I was a member of the set of People.
>
>       I can type well.  Having to switch to the mouse to slowly enter a
> date is a bother.  It is bad enough when I am using the form but once,
> but were it something that I had to use frequently, I would be very
> displeased.

The answer is, Support Both! :-)

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#16731

Daniel Pitts wrote on 19 okt 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:

> On 10/18/12 2:48 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:07 -0700 (PDT), "Michael Haufe (TNO)"
>> <tno@thenewobjective.com> wrote:

[..]

>>> Which people? I dislike not having an option to use my mouse and
>>> last I checked I was a member of the set of People. 
>>
>>       I can type well.  Having to switch to the mouse to slowly enter
>>       a 
>> date is a bother.  It is bad enough when I am using the form but
>> once, but were it something that I had to use frequently, I would be
>> very displeased.
> 
> The answer is, Support Both! :-)

Indeed, for a page programmed for users, this is not even a laughing 
matter. 

However if Gene only needs to use the page at hand for himself, 
like in a one-man supervisory capacity, for instence to check or alter a 
serverside database, why not advise him to use the method he prefers? 

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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#16742

In comp.lang.javascript message <86b65a88-57c2-4b43-a620-5d142b15817a@go
oglegroups.com>, Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:07, "Michael Haufe (TNO)"
<tno@thenewobjective.com> posted:

>On Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:02:20 PM UTC-5, lorlarz wrote:
>> People hate drop-downs for dates. Don't do it!
>>
>> Alternative:
>>
>> Sample online, with link to  downloadable zip at bottom of the page:
>>
>> http://mynichecomputing.org/testnew3.html
>
>Which people? I dislike not having an option to use my mouse and last I
>checked I was a member of the set of People.

So to support your type of member, there should be a little mouse-
actuated keypad (think Windows Calculator) beside the other-types-of-
member date input controls.  One could put an entry for a floating mini-
keypad on the context menu, maybe.  It could become quite popular.

-- 
 (c) John Stockton, near London.                Mail ?.?.Stockton@physics.org
  Web  <http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> - FAQish topics, acronyms, and links.

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