Either option 1 or a confirmation page... "Your updates have been saved" with a redirect to the original list page.
I generally try to use something that keeps the architecture to a minimum and the user's experience very straightforward. If that means some extra work for me, that's fine because it generally results in a more optimal experience for the user. Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is the fact that too often we try to save work for ourselves... what's the point? It's great to keep development time down (and especially on-budget) but if the net effect reduces the pleasantness of the user's experience, I see myself as having failed miserably. It goes back to the ideas presented in a post on Hal Helms's blog about his frustrations with phone support at a hotel chain. If the user ends up frustrated or confused the time spent on development is a total waste. Laterz, J On 5/4/05, Dave Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not like I haven't done this before, in various ways, but I might as > well ask as long as I'm rethinking life... > > Say you have the very normal situation with search screen leading to a > list > of records, drill in to edit or create one. Where do you take the user > when > they save an edited record? > > - Back to the record list, with their previous search criteria still in > place? That seems most intuitive, but it means hanging on to those search > criteria while editing, which is potentially a multiple-screen wizard-like > thing. Not impossible by any means, but an architectural commitment, if > you're thinking generically. > -- --------------- ------------------------------------- Buy SQLSurveyor! http://www.web-relevant.com/sqlsurveyor Never make your developers open Enterprise Manager again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205631 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
