Chunshen (Don) Li wrote: > If a user is comfortable with "Foo must be a valid, non-negative > number without fractions or decimals" wouldn't he/she be comfortable with > "Enter an integer for this entry/field"? And the later seems simpler.
Not necessarily. The former explains in more details what is and is not allowed. The later presumes that the user understands mathematical terminology. Granted, "fraction" and "decimal" are also mathematical terms, but I'd hazard a guess that they're more common in non-technical lexicons than is "integer." Also, note the difference in the style of the error messages. The former says "there was an error and this is what the error is." The latter says "there was an error... now do this." It's a slight difference, but I think that the former better conveys what the nature of the problem is. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 942-5378 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
