I don't think it's very user friendly at all, but I'm quite a big web standards and accessibility fan. You should always have an alternative version of your site that can be viewed on a small screen or text only browser and things like that.
You can achieve a perfectly rich feel from server side validation on simple forms, if you want to do more complex stuff with AJAX then I'm sure that insisting on javascript enabled browser is something you don't really have a choice about, but that's something you have to consider when taking into consideration when deciding to go down that route. I think expecting or pressuring the user into doing anything is a bad move, after all assumption is the mother of all f*** ups. Like 'Josh' says it's really about your audience, when you're working with any high volume traffic of something you would deem 'mission critical' then why would you EVER take the risk of 10% of the potential market not being able to access your application? It would be madness. But 'rich content' and 'form validation' are very different things, and this thread started talking about form validation in which case, relying on JS alone, or having a system that doesn't work unless JS is enabled is a massive mistake to make. With rich content then you're probably a little safer, but with anything that is mission critical or a major revenue driver for your business, I think it's a risk you shouldn't be taking. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Les Mizzell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 April 2007 17:47 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Client-side validation or Server-side Validation? > Looking at the latest published W3C statistics you would educate a guess of > about 10% of browsers not having JS enabled on them, that's a fairly hefty > chunk. How bad would it be to make having javascript turned on *REQUIRED* before visotors can view certain content (forms)? It's something I've considered, especially after looking at the extra code I've had to place on certain pages to check required fields if javascript is off - but how 'user friendly" is this if done? Opinions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:275402 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
