I've been writing an application in CF that imports cost data from Analytics, AdWords, BING, and other APIs that generate reports based on selected date ranges and filtered campaigns.
After looking into multiple types of jQuery based calendar selectors used in setting the date ranges, I decided to go with drop down menus with my own Ajax/CFC driven version instead. Now the question has come back to me about adding the Calendar selection instead because I've been told it's more "user friendly". When I first started writing it, I implemented the calendar selection and found many issues that didn't work as well as I would like. I also looked into how Google Analytics uses the date range options with their calendar selection to see how they did it. There are several things that I don't like about these and ultimately chose to not use this type of method. For example, if you're selecting four or more months or a full year, it's faster to type in the date range than to select from the provided visual calendar (clicking back to Jan, selecting the 1st, then clicking forward to Dec etc). However, typing in the date range manually can lead to user error and results in a need for more validation, which is something I'd rather avoid. With a custom created set of drop down menus it's faster than both hand typing it and clicking through multiple months to get the right date range, not to mention less space used in the interface. Am I wrong? Opinions? -Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355451 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
