Archive for November, 2007

A cure for the common user who does not read warning prompts

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

The warning prompt; the last ditch effort to make a user aware of an action they are about to take. Yet over the years we, as developers, have thrown up so many warnings, cautions, and advisories, that users really do not take notice. So how do you secure an application button from inadvertent clicking? […]

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Drag and Drop Data Entry

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

A recent need at work was to find a way for assist users in data entry tasks so as to help eliminate common data entry mistakes (transposition, wrong data, etc..). Although copying and pasting was the first thought, we eventually decided to use drag and drop technology.

The scenario is something like this; we get […]

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