Re: [IxDA Discuss] Formatting field labels and field values

2008-12-22 Thread Yohan Creemers
Hi Dimiter, I support your approach: draw the attention to the dynamic content. When possible: emphasis the data that really needs attention or stands out, an approaching deadline or a metric that doesn't meet the standard. Stephen Few wrote two nice books on visual communication of data. He adv

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Formatting field labels and field values

2008-12-22 Thread Stephanie Brenton
Hi Dimiter, I have also worked on web applications that have lighter labels and darker values (if I remember correctly the labels were approximately the same size as the input). I think that it is appropriate to use this technique when the users are going to be very familiar with the forms in ques

[IxDA Discuss] Formatting field labels and field values

2008-12-22 Thread Dimiter Simov
Hello All, I searched through the threads and did not find anything on the topic. Our application, a web-based CRM, offers a number of reports. When designing the report, I formatted the reports so that field labels appear smaller and paler than values. The rationale: focus the attention o