Re: [OT] Interesting Article on Form Design

I'm kind of in the same boat there! Busy trying to document this stuff right now with a hope to having some other people give it a try in the first couple of months of next year. Pete Haworth On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Hi Pete. That is pretty much what I am doing. I c

Re: [OT] Interesting Article on Form Design

Hi Pete. That is pretty much what I am doing. I can't help but think about reusing the work I do in other apps later, so I am trying to make my forms reusable by forming a method like you. Since I am really a hobbyist when it comes to developing, I never get close to finishing. Bob On Nov 23

Re: [OT] Interesting Article on Form Design

I wrote something like this years ago in a galaxy far away on Hewlett Packard 3000 computers! My experience was that it could provide simple add/change/delete/display capabilities for a single table with forms that could look really bad if there were a lot of columns in the table so good l

Re: [OT] Interesting Article on Form Design

Scott Rossi wrote: I recently followed an interesting discussion between user interface professionals regarding the use of "wizards" to aid in data collection and whether they were still appropriate. Some folks stated that wizards are a viable means to help guide a user through a process, whil

Re: [OT] Interesting Article on Form Design

Recently, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Is there anything written up on some acceptable standards about distance > between input fields, and distance to top and bottom of form? I'm not sure if there is any general study on this (haven't seen one myself). But I know there are platform-specific HIG specifi

Re: [OT] Interesting Article on Form Design

Thanks Scott. I have been mulling around in my head about some kind of form generator, that when given a set of database columns, will auto layout input fields for them in order selected based upon the column size and what have you. I call it a field dropper, and I have a working model which gat

[OT] Interesting Article on Form Design

Folks building data entry forms in LC may find this article of interest (not because it has to do with Apple, but rather because it analyzes newer methods of dealing with design/data collection in forms): The Apple Store's Checkout Form Redesign Regards, S