Really depends on your implementation, I'd say. Also, have you tested it with actual users? How does it work for them?
On 4/16/13 5:13 PM, Matt Blatchley wrote: > 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:355453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
