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). ________________________________________________________________ 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
