Thank you for all the answers.
Caroline said "if you client thinks that 'too lazy to type' is a description
of your users then maybe a bit of audience research would be
a good idea."
Well, when is that a bad idea? :)
Katie said "normally I tab through forms, and invariably the drop down menu
is s
Hi Robert, and Vlad too
In response to Robert's question (Thanks for asking, I should have included
this info. in the first place): Our market ranges from nonprofit volunteers
to post grad. level fund development professionals ranging in age from
30-70, greater than half female (about 60%).
From: "vlad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: A client of mine suggested an auto-complete field for a certain feature.
: He also said the following: if a user is too lazy to type (which might be
: true, as power users are : the ones who use the keyboard - or is it?)
: we should also provide a classic drop-do
>
> My comment was intended to be a direct response to whether or not users
> know that they can type the first letter and have the drop-down list
> advance…and to that my answer (again, based on our market) is still "no,
> they do not."
>
Ah—I see now. I thought you were saying people didn't under
>
> I've been working with customers and how they work with software
> (first in support, then moved to development) for 9 years, and
> customers didn't know then, and still do not (at least in our
> market) understand type along features.
Well, that's not entirely true.
Example: a college stude
(Sorry for the re-post, Vlad—I forgot to hit Reply All.)
> Don't you think that the users know that if they click a drop-down box,
> they can type in the first letter of what they are looking for and the
> browser would select the first option that starts with that letter for them?
>
First, I th
I know several ladies who work at a retail H&R Block store during tax
season (using PCs to fill out hundreds of USA federal income tax
returns during tax season) and I have overheard them complaining
about having to leave the keyboard and use the mouse for pull down
menus. I was curious why they th
Hi Vlad,
I've been working with customers and how they work with software
(first in support, then moved to development) for 9 years, and
customers didn't know then, and still do not (at least in our
market) understand type along features. To be fair, the features
don't always work the same, which
Hello list :)
A client of mine suggested an auto-complete field for a certain feature.
He also said the following: if a user is too lazy to type (which might be
true, as power users are
the ones who use the keyboard - or is it?) we should also provide a classic
drop-down box with
all the available
