>Some plants simply don't catch root. Remember the reminiscences of Foundation Read just the other day? Or the supposed behavior of Enter key on a form?

Sorry, I'm pretty new, here. But were any of these things really widespread in the community?

>I think we'd have to weed out some M$'s (and others) marketing fads from the real rules. Are, for one, GUI guidelines hard rules? If they are, why don't they fully apply to the DB world, and why don't they apply to M$ Encarta?

I don't know, but when it comes to the Enter key, I definitely don't think it should move between fields. :)