On Wednesday 06 December 2006 08:31, Not Zippy wrote: > so I open another > dialog window saying that no items were found. Not really a solution or anything, but I'd suggest that many modal dialogues, especially when just for notices, isn't good UI design. Using them trains people to ignore them, and then they do things like click OK on the box that says "Would you like to install this malicious ActiveX control that will steal your passwords, lose your socks and kill your cat".
Instead, how about messages in red right below/beside where the user would be looking. I'm a fan (in some situations) of disabling buttons while something is processing, and having status text immediately to the right of it. It also saves the user a click. They don't have to close the 'no items found' box and then the search box, they can immediately fix the typo and hit search again, or close the search box, or whatever. -- Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JabberID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui annus est? PGP Key 0xA99CEB6D = 5957 6D23 8B16 EFAB FEF8 7175 14D3 6485 A99C EB6D
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