- From: voracity <subs@voracity.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:04:49 +1000
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:27:21 +1000, voracity <subs at voracity.org> wrote: >> Perhaps you could add another tag called something like 'combo' (or something >> better), > > It won't degrade in other clients, to anything, meaning it can't > realistically be used. I just explained how it degrades in other clients. I can create a web page for you to visit that shows precisely how it degrades in today's clients, if you wish. >> (Note: This is useful when there are over 1000's of possibilities, and scrolling >> becomes painful, but still possible. > > If you have 1000s of possibilities in a select box, you have a user > interaction problem, we shouldn't optimise specs for bad designs, make > good design easy, not bad. hmmm, you may want to talk to MYOB then (for example, on their sales entry forms, when selecting a client from the database). I have a similar sales entry form I developed for my intranet where the user is able to select an entry from one of 8000 clients (with my own combobox equivalent). It takes all of 2 seconds (and 4 keypresses) to locate a client, most times. If you can explain how I can make this 'better designed', I'd appreciate it --- believe me, I appreciate how every fraction of a second counts. (Talking about poor design, the mailing-list interface is far from pleasant.)
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