Posted by Gordon Burditt on 07/19/05 20:45

>First, always use the POST method to update the database.
It would be nice if that were practical.

>Second, do not put a separate set of buttons against each entry, use a
>single set for the whole page.

This is WAY too clumsy a user interface for what I want.
Do you have stock in a medical corporation that treats carpal
mouse syndrome?

On your page I can only see 10 records at a time, and there's a
lot of space between them. I'd like to see at least 30. Without
scrolling (on a 1024x768 display). But I don't mind scrolling if
there's hundreds of records. The different sort orders available
usually put the records I'm interested in at the top.

>Put a checkbox against each entry so that the
>user may select one or more entries, then when a button is pressed it
>performs that action against those selected entries. Take a look at
>http://www.tonymarston.co.uk/sample/person_list.php for an example.

Selecting more than one record at a time is rarely useful for
my purposes. The idea is to enter updates as needed, not save
up a whole batch of them and enter them every few days.

Gordon L. Burditt

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