Re: [IxDA Discuss] web app messaging

2008-03-07 Thread frank d
We've tried this and it works.. Two issues we ran into though: 1. make it close itself after max 2sec. Don't make the user have to klick to close it. It should even close on ESC and on a click anywhere outside the div. 2. like you mention: the div must be positioned relative to the middle of the

[IxDA Discuss] web app messaging

2008-03-07 Thread Suba Periyasami
The biggest issue is that on a page with 15 items, the user could be scrolled half way down the page, so putting the messages at the top(like gmail) doesn't really work. --Here's an alternate thought Have an action area and a content area. Place the list items in the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] web app messaging

2008-03-07 Thread Matthew Nish-Lapidus
thanks to everyone for the great ideas. i'm going to take all of this and see what i come up with. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:49 AM, frank d [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've tried this and it works.. Two issues we ran into though: 1. make it close itself after max 2sec. Don't make the user

[IxDA Discuss] web app messaging

2008-03-06 Thread Matthew Nish-Lapidus
Hi Everybody. I've written to the list with a few of these practical questions and always received helpful answers, so here's one more. Are there any patterns or good examples of feedback/error type messaging in a web app? Here's a breakdown of the specific issues: 1 User can perform action

Re: [IxDA Discuss] web app messaging

2008-03-06 Thread Gregor Kiddie
Are there any patterns or good examples of feedback/error type messaging in a web app? Here's a breakdown of the specific issues: If you've got a particularly rich client you can try something along the lines of outlook's notification system (the little window at the bottom right of your screen

Re: [IxDA Discuss] web app messaging

2008-03-06 Thread John Gibbard
Web2.0 translucent overlay? A dialogue box that centres to the screen with the background greyed-out example*: http://nerd.metrocat.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/screen2.jpg * - not one of mine :) J. Welcome to the Interaction