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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 06/22/06 19:05
James Hutton wrote:
> Many thanks for the input Jonathon,
>
>> 3 things:
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>> 1) Why do you bother with a "go" button if the form fires merely by a
>> change in the select box. Really annoying if you make the wrong
>> selection by error.
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>> 2) JavaScript only! Why isn't the "go" button at least a real submit
>> button so that the page would work without JavaScript?
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> Used the jump menu as is from DW, never used it before, (bit of a novice
> really)
>
The problem with DW allows you to make a really mess without having to
know anything about what you are doing.
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>> 3) Why always a new window? Popup windows are hotly debated here and
>> generally now considered bad design. Whether or not your subscribe to
>> this position coupled with issue #1 your page can very annoying
>> spawning new windows especially when created by error which is very
>> easy to do with the onchange event handler.
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> Target audience is usually >70years, many requests for a way back to the
> originating page etc, short of framesets etc new windows are the easiest
> option for my little brain!!
I would argue more people recognize the back button on the browser then
then window swapping from the desktop taskbar. Proof it the simple but
seemly effective physhing technique of popping up a window over a
legitimate site with a fake login window still catches "physh"! Anyway
how many of these >70 possibly mouse challenged users will select the
correct item for the list the first time! I foresee a significant number
of unwanted popup windows.
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> Only other way I did this was to have am <iframe> of links within the
> main links page. However all suggestions taken onboard (pardon the naval
> pun)and shortcomings acknowledged.
or insert via PHP, SSI includes is an effect option.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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