This business would be so much easier if we didn't have to create sites/applications to the specifications of clients. Part of our job is to try to steer clients in the right direction, and make them feel like the decision they made was their idea in the first place, but sometimes it just isn't possible. Frustrating isn't it?
Cutter Russ wrote: >>"Why" is central. If it's down to the idiosyncratic >>preferences of a client >>you can't argue with, or the results of extensive user >>testing that you >>likewise can't really argue with - well, there's no argument! >> >> > >There's a reason that I posted my question the way that it was posted. >There aren't other options and the client wants to use it this way. I >try to be fairly specific so that I don't spend time going round and >round as to why something is being done a certain way and so, instead, I >can provide the information needed to help me find a solution. > > > >>Using a second screen for a preview with a "Go back to edit" >>option is used >>by Yahoo! and Amazon, who I always assume pour a lot of funds >>into user >>testing. If you've got a client or niche audience with their own >>set-in-stone ideas, though, on with the JS... >> >> > >As does my client; they're not Yahoo! nor Amazon. > > > >>Bear in mind that in HTML 4, the FORM tag has a TARGET >>attribute, just the >>same as A (_blank, _top, etc.), so you could just use this to >>fire the form >>into a new window, although you'd not be able to control the >>size, etc. of >>the _blank window. You could set the FORM TARGET to >>"confirmWin", though, >>and onsubmit create this window with JS for the form to be >>submitted into. >> >> > >Sure, and then it would negate the existing form action that tells the >submit to go to a results page, hence, again, the popup solution. The >client wants the user to view what they're sending, as the recipient >would see it prior to submitting, and they don't want any risks >associated with leaving the initial form page--as to the results of >their own user testing and experience with other applications. This is >how they want it and for their own specific reasons. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
