List five of the eight ways to minimize user action when keying in data
What will be an ideal response?
1. Key codes, such as airport codes when making a flight reservation, instead of whole words
on entry screens.
2. Enter only data that are not already stored on files.
3. Supply the editing characters (for example, slashes as date field separators).
4. Use default values for fields on entry screens.
5. Design an inquiry (or change or delete) program so that the user needs to enter only
the first few characters of a name or item description.
6. Provide keystrokes for selecting pull-down menu options.
7. Use radio buttons and drop-down lists to control displays of new Web pages or to
change Web forms.
8. Provide cursor control for Web forms and other displays so that the cursor moves
to the next field when the right number of characters has been entered.
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