More than a few times I move my mouse to click Preview and, in my passioned frenzy to slay ignorance, I click Submit instead. This happens because the two buttons are so close to each other.
I suggest that instead of having them both centered, have one justified right and the other justified left? It doesn’t seem that it would hurt anything.
And I doubt that I’m the only one who has made this mistake.
No, because the updates come from vBulletin, the originator of the messageboard software. Every time there is a major update, it reloads the software with a version that doesn’t have any of the changes we might make to our specific copy. Everything would be undone each time we update.
I was about to write up a javascriptlet that you could stick in a custom js file for your browser when I noticed that each button has an access key. I suggest you test these out in this forum before venturing into the wild…=)
Typing alt + s will submit your message and typing alt + p will preview your message. They are on complete opposite ends of the keyboard and have decently logical letter-name assocations so this should be a good fix.
alt + s on the search page will submit your search and alt + r will reset the form fields. These also work for the FAQ.
OK, the results of that test: alt-s gives me the German sharp S, ß (the one that looks like a beta). Command-s (the cloverleaf/open-apple) brings up the “save” menu. Control-S submits.