[Wsuug] more form stuff

[Zach Young]

Yea, I don't much mind the fields being long, just thought it was sort of silly.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Jason Wilson
<jason at jasonwilsondesign.com> wrote:
> 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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>>>
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>>
>>
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