php-general Digest 5 Mar 2013 23:48:56 -0000 Issue 8150
Topics (messages 320406 through 320408):
Re: Open form in new window
320406 by: Jim Giner
320408 by: tamouse mailing lists
Re: Cold Intermediate Programmer trying to modularize website...
320407 by: Barry Smith
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On 3/4/2013 11:04 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote:
I would like to just take a step back and ponder what the user
experience of this will be. Click a submit button, one of *many* as
the OP says, and a new browser window opens? I don't think that is how
most people experience the web these days. Technicalities of how one
does this notwithstanding, I am urging the OP to consider their users.
The OP's use of the word 'many' is subjective. Too you it might mean 5,
to him it could very well mean 3. To me, either one is possible on many
of my forms, since I try to provide the user with flexibility and
function on each of my screens. Sometimes there are several things that
a form could lead to, depending upon what the user needs to see or do.
In this case, I can see the purpose for a separate window being opened.
Sometimes (as a user myself) I have wished to have a screen of data
appear to support my primary screen's use. It opens, I get some new
input and I close it, going back to where I was.
We obviously don't know the OP's task, but I can see usefulness and
appreciate it.
Just my $.02
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Jim Giner <jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com> wrote:
> On 3/4/2013 11:04 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote:
>>
>> I would like to just take a step back and ponder what the user
>> experience of this will be. Click a submit button, one of *many* as
>> the OP says, and a new browser window opens? I don't think that is how
>> most people experience the web these days. Technicalities of how one
>> does this notwithstanding, I am urging the OP to consider their users.
>>
> The OP's use of the word 'many' is subjective. Too you it might mean 5, to
> him it could very well mean 3. To me, either one is possible on many of my
> forms, since I try to provide the user with flexibility and function on each
> of my screens. Sometimes there are several things that a form could lead
> to, depending upon what the user needs to see or do.
>
> In this case, I can see the purpose for a separate window being opened.
> Sometimes (as a user myself) I have wished to have a screen of data appear
> to support my primary screen's use. It opens, I get some new input and I
> close it, going back to where I was.
>
> We obviously don't know the OP's task, but I can see usefulness and
> appreciate it.
>
> Just my $.02
Yes, it's all subjective, yes, what you like may not be what I like,
and so on. Yet, UX people do agree on many things, and this is one of
them. Popping a new browser window should be the user's choice. Not
doing so leads to not only confusion, but also a11y problems. Which
window gets focus? How does the user get back? These are real
considerations when someone has to use a screen reader, or Voiceover.
Navigating various windows can also be a problem for people with
restricted mobility.
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I know less about WordPress than I do about Joomla, but I did notice a
template site that I cannot find any support for (cool templates) which
supports both Joomla and WordPress, as well as HTML/CSS.
I know that there are lists of buttons which I was going to rely on PHP to
handle.
The problem with WordPress and Joomla is that the current webhost will
allow PHP, but will not allow MySQL.
:) I know... time to move the site to a FREE php/MySQL host. I already
have one in mind, but the throughput from the host at a major ISP (Charter)
is hard to leave... since the client has been paying for that webhost for
over 20 years. A GoDaddy hosted site I might be able to talk her into, in
a pinch... but she is a firm believer in the idea that you pay for quality.
It might be very hard convincing her to consider another webhost that isn't
local, and Charter is a local (non-toll-free) phone call away.
Thank you for the suggestion. A WordPress site might actually be the
solution... if she is willing to leave Charter.
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:22 PM, tamouse mailing lists <
tamouse.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you considered setting this up in wordpress?
>
>
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