Re: radio buttons

[Soeren Sandmann <sandmann daimi au dk>]

Joshua N Pritikin <vishnu pobox com> writes:

> > In this case, from a usability point of view, a fourth radio button that
> > indicated "none of the above" is probably a better solution.  As well as
> > just looking odd, groups where "none selected" is a valid state offer
> > the user no obvious way to get back to that state after they've selected
> > one of the buttons.  
>
> i think clicking the currently toggled radio button is fairly
> obvious.

Huh?  No, that is not at all obvious. Clicking the currently toggled
radio button does not normally have any effect at all, so a user would
not expect it to deselect. The 'none of the above' solution is much
better.