Heeeeeeeeeeey, a great little response like this to see an alternative to a popup and no link for us to check it out *pffffffffffft* Where'd you learn your posting manners? Were you brought up in a web barn? *grin*. Wouldn't happen to know the URL still would ya?
Cheers, Rob. On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 12:23, Chris W. Parker wrote: > Chris Shiflett <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:18 PM said: > > > There are definitely benefits to saving the extra request and response > > necessary to properly display errors, but I'm not so sure I would > > count usability as one of them. In addition, the user's perception of > > the site's general quality and professionalism may be a concern, and > > a JavaScript popup certainly doesn't improve this. > > I went to an ecom site today that used js validation but in a very slick > way. There were no popups to be seen. Instead, when I tried to add a > product to my cart without specifying some attributes a little red > message magically appeared on the page that said "Please choose a > color". > > A client-side validation class would be usable imo if it doesn't utilize > popups. Not being experienced with js I can imagine that not using > popups and still warning the customer of a mistake would be complicated. > > I prefer server-side but that's mainly just because I don't like js. > > > > Chris. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
