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From: Karthik Narayanan. R
Date: Feb 18, 2002 9:13AM

Hello peter,
thanks for correcting me. I think i got confused while writing.
He does mention using 'none of the following' as you have mentioned.
Karthik

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From: "Peter Van Dijck" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 4:01 AM
Subject: Re: Default, place-holding characters


> > Jeff Johnson, I think in his book "GUI Bloopers" mentions that radio
> buttons should be used when the user 'has' to select from a number of
> options and can't leave something blank. If there is a situation where
none
> of the options are to be selected check boxes can be used.
>
> No, that's bad interface design. Radio buttons are used if you can select
> only one option out of many. If "none of the following" is an option, you
> should include "none of the following" with a radio button. Checkboxes are
> used if you can select 0, or one or more option.
> Peter
> http://petervandijck.net
>
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