- From: Nigel McFarlane <nrm@kingtide.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:45:16 +1000
What has been said on this point of hierarchical menus vs data entry is not just a matter of "least user confusion" although no doubt that is important. The examples cited: -- tabbed window -- hierarchical menus -- form data entry -- breadcrumbed navigation -- etc are all examples of UI modalities. Since there's no right one, in the sense that there's no right painting, the question then becomes which of these modalities (or others), does this whatwg activity seek to support? Or are we back to "figure out for yourself what you can make of our HTML extensions." It's clear from earlier discussions that 3D tools, Photoshop palette-style tools, and so on are non-supported UI modalities. Amongst the finer distinctions, are any clearly in or out? Are any near-impossible with existing HTML, or is it the case that these enhancements will only make existing possibilities easier? - Nigel. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel McFarlane nrm at kingtide.com.au Services: Analysis, Programming, Writing, Education Expertise: Software, Telecommunications, Internet, Physics "Rapid Application Development with Mozilla" / www.nigelmcfarlane.com
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