> Hi, hi!
> This is a little off topic, but I suspect it's information that'll > be useful to many. > > I'm developing an application that does validation both on the > server and in Javascript. What are the pros and cons from a usability > perspective of doing the validation on each field as the user types > in the data vs validating when the user clicks on the submit button? > This validation is in addition to server side validation, so even > clients with javascript disabled will have their page validated. > generally, doing validation on both sides is the best thing. like you said client-side scripting may be disabled, so you need server-side validation in every case. using client-side validation as well reduces bandwith usage which most users will like (and your server, too). > I'd be interested in hearing about books and sites that talk about > these issues. > I really liked Frank Puschner's "Das Usability-Prinzip" (3-89864-130-9), but it's in German :-( -mw > Thanks, > > Dror > > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
