[ale] restricting web input

[Robert Coggins]

you can maybe put a delay in one of the fields between each character
press.  This might be too annoying though....

Rob

Geoffrey wrote:
> James Sumners wrote:
>> Not really. You could try to prevent a couple things with Javascript,
>> but they can all be circumvented.
>> 1) You could disable ctrl/cmd+c. This could be circumvented via the
>> context menu or the edit menu.
>> 2) You could disable the context menu, but most people will hate you
>> for that. Plus, most decent browsers include an option to prevent
>> Javascript from disabling the context menu.
> 
> Yeah, those were the only hacks I could come up with too.  Basically, 
> they want them to enter their email address twice to make sure it's not 
> a typo.  Thing is, how do you know the verification one isn't the typo. 
>   I always cut/paste my email address in such scenarios. ;)
> 
>> Also, I normally don't even copy and paste. I just let Apple's
>> Keychain automatically fill in the form for me :)
> 
> :)
> 
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if it is possible to restrict input on a website from
>>> being cut/pasted?
>>>
>>> Have a requirement that a user enter an email address twice, to verify
>>> they didn't typo it.  Every site I've ever used that requires this info,
>>> I ALWAYS cut/paste.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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