Alan, This doesn't relate directly to your question, but Luke Wroblewski has a recent blog post where he examines the pros and cons of the approach you mention to collecting address information:
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?605 Dmitry On Dec 14, 2007 2:27 PM, Alan Wexelblat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A classic example here is entering mailing addresses into a form. In > the US, having the Zip code uniquely identifies the state, and in over > 95% of cases allows you to know the town as well. And yet, every > single form asks you for city, state, and then zip code. Why? > Because it's not a differentiating feature. Nobody cares that it's > 2/3 wasted effort on the user's part. You have to have a way to > capture mailing addresses, but the usual interaction design goals > don't really apply here. Just do it the standard way. (where here > "standard" really means "expected"). > > Does this match up with your experiences? Is there another major > category I'm missing that you find sucks up significant design cycles > on your projects? > > --Alan > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
