On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Loren Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> If you don't want your content to shift around, your error messages really
> can't take up any space.  It would help to see the interface in question.
> However, you can use effects like highlighting the fields in question
> (change their border to red, background to light pink or something
> similar).  And overlays may not be too bad - especially if they are very
> small and point to the correct form fields.
>
> Be sure that you provide an explanation that there was an error somewhere
> on
> the screen, preferably near the "submit" button that they pressed.
>
> Loren


A short message explaining what the error was could also be placed next to
the field in addition to highlighting it (depending on how much space you
have).
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