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RE: Question about controlling behavior of <select> element

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From: Patrick Lauke
Date: Jun 7, 2006 8:00AM

> ben morrison

> This is the default action for any select box on a page and you
> shouldn't change the way it works, there has to be a cut-off point
> where the end-user has to learn how to use web sites and where
> developers try and help them.

Absolutely, yes. Don't change expected browser behaviour. For every
user you think you're helping by disabling their user agent's default,
there will be another user who gets utterly annoyed or impeded by it.

Patrick
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Patrick H. Lauke
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