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Make User Registration Easier with AutoComplete
AutoComplete speeds the collection of demographic information by making it easier to fill out online forms.
AutoComplete provides a drop-down list of items that the user has previously entered in a particular text
box on a Web page. When the user selects the item, it is automatically put into the field (except for
password fields).
The feature is very useful on its own, but its real power shines through when the benefit is transferred
between Web sites. Once you mark your input tags with AutoComplete attributes, your users won't have to
retype common elements -- such as names, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses -- because they will
have already filled in this information on someone else's site. Internet Explorer stores the form field entries in
a secure, client-side store.
When using AutoComplete, you can keep your old field names as they were. This way, you do not have to
make any changes to your server and database processes that handle the form information. All you need to
do is add a new VCARD_NAME attribute to an input element, followed by the appropriate vCard
identifier. Like the table-layout:fixed attribute discussed above, you can add this attribute without
affecting performance in older browsers or browsers from other companies.
The original HTML
becomes
See the feature article on AutoComplete for more details.
Brand Your Favorites
Here's a no-brainer: If you want your logo to appear next to the link to your site in the browser when users
add your site to their favorites, just add a file called favicon.ico in the root of your domain (e.g.,
www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico). Internet Explorer will automatically look for this file and will put your icon
next to all favorites and quick links that come from your site. If you can't put it at the root of your server,
you can specify another location on a per-page basis by adding this tag to your page:
While you're at it, you can also add a button or link in your page that prompts your users to add
your page to their favorites. If they confirm, your page is automatically added to their
favorites. You can copy and paste the code below right into your page to try this out.
For information about the XML and DHTML features in Internet Explorer 5, see Getting
Ready for Internet Explorer 5: XML and DHTML Enhancements.