(Sorry for the re-post, Vlad—I forgot to hit Reply All.)
> Don't you think that the users know that if they click a drop-down box, > they can type in the first letter of what they are looking for and the > browser would select the first option that starts with that letter for them? > First, I think (based on all the usability tests I've been privy to, which ranges in the hundreds of hours) that a small % of people have learned this at some point, and a small % of that small % remembers to use it ... sometimes. Second, I think that even the geeky among us sometimes move the mouse pointer to and click to focus a field that was already auto-focused. Third, I think that even the supremely geeky among us with most of the apps we deal with on a daily basis were easier to use. Finally, I think that everyone makes mistakes, however small, and most of us do so extremely often. (Take the first sentence of this message, for example.) -r- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
