One important element, I forgot to mention is that, the user Help text is entered by user's system admin, so, it's up to them to decide what they think would be helpful to their user(s), so, it's not hard-coded. The URL, http://68.32.61.40/datadata/DataMan.cfm does not explicitly indicate this feature, but I'd send you URL if interested.
>This is not a new question, however, IMHO, it won't >hurt to talk about it again. > >In my view, some assumptions are made by developers >when they think of an application's usability, for >instance, for data validation, when a developer's help >doc says something like "You need to enter an integer >for this entry/field", the assumption is that the user >knows what an integer is (any one who went to primary >school knows what an integer is). Now, one may argue >that "You need to enter some number for this >entry/field" may sound easier to average user's ears. >I would beg to disagree here. "Some number" could be >728, or it could be "728.25" while the later would >fail because the data type is set to INT. > >Secondly, I think presentation and usability are >closely tied together, and depending on the nature of >the application, presentation may need to be highly >polished or it need not to. For instance, a fancy car >web site, presentation is certainly very important >while a data admin application/utility for just two or >three users does not need fancy presentation at all, >e.g. http://68.32.61.40/datadata/DataMan.cfm > >What's your thought(s)? > > >Li, Chunshen (Don) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
