Re: [PHP] Intuitive Interfaces (was: Add Reply-To to this list(s))

2003-11-26 Thread SLanger
Hello Now that the discussion is coming around to be more on topic I have some stuff to add. First and most important: There is no such thing as INTUITIVE when it comes to interfaces. Every interface built for human machine interaction has to be learned by the human using it. So what we

Re: [PHP] Intuitive Interfaces (was: Add Reply-To to this list(s))

2003-11-26 Thread John W. Holmes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what is the point of stating this? Never assume anything as being intuitive. Investigate the way people use your interface and improve accordingly. If you implement a function that requires the user to learn something tell him clearly that he has to learn it first

[PHP] Intuitive Interfaces (was: Add Reply-To to this list(s))

2003-11-25 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the over whelming majority of people expect a system to behave one way, that's not evidence that they are brain dead, but that it's very likely the expected behaviour is more natural for people, and systems should match humans, not vice versa. I will try

Re: [PHP] Intuitive Interfaces

2003-11-25 Thread Cesar Cordovez
Chris Shiflett wrote: Some Web sites I have visited think it is helpful to use some client-side scripting to move the focus from the first text field to the second after three numbers have been entered. So, when the user hits tab after entering the first three numbers, the second text field is

RE: [PHP] Intuitive Interfaces

2003-11-25 Thread Johnson, Kirk
Cesar Cordovez wrote: Chris Shiflett wrote: Some Web sites I have visited think it is helpful to use some client-side scripting to move the focus from the first text field to the second after three numbers have been entered. I think this is the worst thing to do. If they are going to this

Re: [PHP] Intuitive Interfaces

2003-11-25 Thread RT
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 13:50, Chris Shiflett wrote: [snip] Some Web sites I have visited think it is helpful to use some client-side scripting to move the focus from the first text field to the second after three numbers have been entered. So, when the user hits tab after entering the first