| Re: preg_match() oddities and question [message #176138 is a reply to message #176127] |
Fri, 25 November 2011 14:44   |
Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Sandman wrote:
> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars(at)web(dot)de> wrote:
>>>> With separate controls they can be sure where to enter what;
>>>> it is accessible, and you have no problem processing the data. With
>>>> one control, neither applies.
>>> Well, I have been doing this for about ten years now,
>> I have been doing this for about fourteen years now. So what?
>
> You have monitored swedish address search terms for fourteen years? We
> should compare notes.
You are missing the point. The kind of structured data that you need to
enter in a form does not matter. Using cursor keys to move the text cursor
between delimiters in a running text always causes has more accessibility
and usability problems, and consequently information processing problems,
than tabbing (or otherwise moving the focus) from one control to another.
>> There are basic accessibility guidelines that no amount of
>> development experience can substitute (although studying usability,
>> as I did, can help). Many of which must be followed per
>> legislation in some countries.
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> This.. has nothing to do with the topic at hand.
You are just not seeing how much it has to do with the topic at hand.
Changing the way people put in data towards one that is *actually* easier
for them solves, at least, three problems at once, including the one that
you have been asking about. Because when structured data is being entered
in a structured way, you have almost no trouble storing it in a structured
way. (BTW, in case you do not know, moving the focus from one input control
to the next while typing text can be assisted with client-side scripting.)
You should read, for example, <http://www.useit.com/> which contains many
ideas on how you can make Web sites better usable and therefore, almost in
passing, more accessible.
>>> When I say it's inconvenient for the end user, it's not something I
>>> make up on the spot to be obnoxious.
>> Nevertheless, your logic is flawed.
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> Well, as long as you're merely saying that instead of actually, you
> know, substantiate that opinion, I have no idea what you expect me
> to do with it.
>
> Words are easy :)
This is about as much as I will discuss this here because your *actual*
problem has nothing to do with PHP, and little to do with Regular
Expressions.
HTH
PointedEars
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var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
&& navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
) // Plone, register_function.js:16
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