Re: check if radio is checked

Evertjan. wrote:

You must live in the States,
where 'divulging the truth' is such a terrible thing?

I have lived in the States, but no longer do.
My website solicits answers on sensitive topics from employees. In my
original group there was just one woman. If she had divulged her sex
then the manager would be able to identify her answers. Apart from the
fact that I always said I was female, just to add to the confusion which
every manager should have inflicted upon them IMO.

Of course, the real scenario was considerably more complex that that,
but the general principle was the same.

In a country where sexual discrimination is illegal, you're on thin ice
requiring someone to divulge theirs. And in many cases, "I prefer not to
say" is a more interesting version of 'truth'.

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Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

Steve Swift wrote on 05 jan 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

Evertjan. wrote:
You must live in the States,
where 'divulging the truth' is such a terrible thing?

I have lived in the States, but no longer do.
My website solicits answers on sensitive topics from employees. In my
original group there was just one woman. If she had divulged her sex
then the manager would be able to identify her answers. Apart from the
fact that I always said I was female, just to add to the confusion
which every manager should have inflicted upon them IMO.

Any information can lead to discrimination.
So if you don't want information, don't ask anything.
Blind statistical information is not the only use of radio buttons,
so it should not influence the functionality of a html.

Of course, the real scenario was considerably more complex that that,
but the general principle was the same.

In a country where sexual discrimination is illegal, you're on thin
ice requiring someone to divulge theirs. And in many cases, "I prefer
not to say" is a more interesting version of 'truth'.

Asking someone for his/her name could just as easily lead to
discrimination.

What if your manager wants to plan the number of male vs female toilets
[oh sorry: bathrooms or restrooms]?
Would he need to add a number of them for the sexless?

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But we were talking about preventing the user of not choosing.

So I will suggest the following nonsensical but sexless
third choice on a download website:

o I will download the file now
o Send me the file on a CD
o Don't know, you choose
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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)