[Wsuug] more form stuff

[Jason Wilson]

I think I agree with Zach.

IMO there really isn't any need for the ':hover' pop-ups. The  
information is relative when you focus on the field, that is the only  
time it really needs to be there. Having them pop when you move your  
mouse over them is distracting.

As for the input fields being too long, I never know what to do about  
that.  If only made as big as they need to be you end up with a  
poorly balanced form, everything is to one side and you have a lot of  
empty space. It's near impossible to make it look good without  
jumbling it up. I'm not sure what a good solution would be without  
going far outside of what users expect. Forms are just difficult like  
that I guess.


On 1 Aug 2008, at 14:17, Zach Young wrote:

> Yes it was useful. Especially because some of the questions were a
> little confusing. But it was a little too much. Multi-line questions
> along with multi-line clarification and huge form fields to input
> numbers.
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Ryan Brunsvold
> <ryan.brunsvold at forrent.com> wrote:
>> Zach,
>> Did you find the information inside those pop-ups helpful, or did  
>> you just
>> disregard them altogether?
>> On Aug 1, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Zach Young wrote:
>>
>> The method of the "hints" popping up annoyed me. I liked how the
>> section changed color when I focused on the field, but whenever I
>> moved my mouse around random popups appeared in addition to the 'on
>> focus' one.
>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Ryan Brunsvold
>> <ryan.brunsvold at forrent.com> wrote:
>>
>> From our good friend Chris Messina (http://factoryjoe.com) comes a  
>> form on
>> social networking via Wufoo.
>> https://bmevans.wufoo.com/forms/how-big-is-your-social-network/
>> I bring this to your attention because of the multiple, yet fairly  
>> subtle
>> instructive text that the form provides. I find it really helpful,  
>> but I'd
>> love to hear any feedback the greater WSUUG community has on this  
>> approach
>> and it's potential benefits/drawbacks.
>> Plus, the topic of the form is really fun.
>> Ryan Brunsvold
>> UI Developer
>> For Rent Media Solutions
>> 757.351.7883
>> ryan.brunsvold at forrent.com
>>
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