Genie 7110 manual input and select elements

Usability Design Philosophies	2
Testing the Design

■The right softkey label supports the <prev> element and for some phones may be context sensitive.

The right softkey supports the following function depending if an item is selected or what type of element is defined:

•If there is no item selected, the softkey returns the user to the previous card in the history.

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•For some phones, when a <prev> element is defined with a label, the phone will display the defined label. When no label is defined, prev or Back will display. Backward navigation will replicate that of the left scroll key.

•For some phones, if the item selected is a <input> or <select> element, the softkey displays the defined label and accesses a card with the <input> or <select> element. For some phones, if there is a <do> element define with an action other than <prev>, there is no softkey prompt for the input or select element. The user can the access the <input> or <select> element from the right scroll key.

•For some phones, if the item selected is a link, the softkey displays the defined label and accesses the URL.

The phone has a fixed key mapped to backward navigation.

<input> and <select> elements.

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Activating a <select> or <input> element takes the user to a separate card to either select an item or enter data.

Tables are supported.

Images and WML Scripts may be turned off by the user.

The browser has a setting that allows users to enable or disable image and WML Script support. For images, the browser displays the alt text defined. When WML Scripts are turned off, an error message displays causing user confusion; therefore, avoid using WML Scripts.

■Timers are supported.

Timers on cards will be re-initialised and activated each time the card is displayed, even if that particular counter had already triggered.

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