[Sigia-l] HTML Multiple Select Widget

[Anders Ramsay]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:26:56 -0800, Patrick Neeman
<pat at nexisinteractive.com> wrote:
> Are there any good reasearch papers or such on the HTML Mutliple Select
> Widget vs. Checkboxes?
>
Listboxes are more powerful (e.g. you can select any sequence at a
time) and more scalable (the internal scrolling) but are for those
same reasons generally less user-friendly.

Do you have more detail you can provide about the context in which the
widgets will appear?
How many list items will there be or will it vary? 
If it varies, how often will it vary? 
Are users generally expected to only want to choose one or two
options, or many options?
Will users be  using these checkboxes on a regular basis or only once
in a while?
Are users likely to want to select the same items over and over?

 -Anders