Mosh, I have a question for you. I'm thinking about "adding a sample data pop window for the Add function", do you think that's helpful in general as a tool, and I'll make it easily confirgurable as other attributes, that is, default to ENABLING THIS FEATURE, however, admin user can easily disable it if he/she thinks it's unnecessary for his/her environment.
Thanks. >Your users would, hopefully, know their own capabilities. Just be >forewarned that, even if they do understand their own capabilities, they may >not be able to write very well. Not that we developers are necessarily such >great writers, but... > >-- >Mosh Teitelbaum >evoch, LLC >Tel: (301) 942-5378 >Fax: (301) 933-3651 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chunshen (Don) Li [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:00 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Usability >> >> >> The power of majority opinion or the danger of it. >> What I'm saying here is that the majority opinion is right in >> this case, however, it swept me from my own ground, as indicated >> by another follow-up by myself on another important element late >> yesterday afternoon, which is, my design for the Help text is >> client-driven or client-environment driven, hence, if the client >> environment happens to be less-educated crowd, then, use Mosh's >> example, please note, this Help text is actually entered by the >> client system admin while if the client's user community is >> scientist or the like, then, my original example would be fine, >> but again, it is entered by the client system admin, and further >> more, it's updatable. See URL, >> http://68.32.61.40/datadata/DataMan_UFV.cfm?function=AddHelpText >> >> I believed this approach is most flexible. >> >> >> >> >> >OK, guys, agree, consider every user as complete idiot in coding and >> >treat every idiot in life as God :( >> > >> >>Yep...The Golden Rule: All users are complete idiots...code for it >> >;-) >> >> >> >>Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. >> >>VP & Director of E-Commerce Development >> >>Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. >> >>t. 250.920.8830 >> >>e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Macromedia Associate Partner >> >>www.macromedia.com >> >>--------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group >> >>Founder & Director >> >>www.cfug-vancouverisland.com >> >>----- Original Message ----- >> >>From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:14 PM >> >>Subject: Usability >> >> >> >> >> >>> I think Mosh is spot-on in his assessment. I always try to assume >> >the >> >>person on the other end is a drooling idiot and gear everything to >> >that >> >>standard (sometimes I find this user model aimed too high :D). >> >>> >> >>> Also, imho while the longer message is... well, longer its also >> >providing >> >>more detail, which is never a bad thing, especially since we're >> >talking >> >>about someone who can't figure out they need to type in a number in >> >the >> >>first place. >> >>> >> >>> --Matt-- >> >>> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
