On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:02:14 +0200, Tania Lang  
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I vent in the vain hope that others will be convinced of the need to get  
> rid of Reset buttons.

It may be worth pointing out that in the design of XForms (the replacement  
for HTML Forms), we dropped the 'reset' button from the available controls  
simply because hardly anyone ever uses them, the reset button is often  
larger than the 'OK' button, and browsers don't support undo.

The functionality to do reset is still there, but deliberately hard to use.

People who are designing forms-based applications, especially intranet  
applications (where you have control over the software being used), may  
want to have a look at XForms, since its main design aim was to improve  
the user experience.

More information here:
    http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/2003/xforms-for-html-authors

Best wishes,

Steven Pemberton

    --------------------------------------------------------------
    Tip of the Day: Use the archives to research common questions
     CHI-WEB: www.sigchi.org/web POSTINGS: mailto:[log in to unmask]
              MODERATORS: mailto:[log in to unmask]
       SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES & FAQ:  www.sigchi.org/web/faq.html
    --------------------------------------------------------------