Hi, I've gotten the sense recently that some or many users find the Semantic Google Maps form input confusing, especially when they first try to use it. To refresh your memory, here's an example of the form input in action:
http://hackerspaces.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Fe_Complex&action=formedit It consists of three parts: an input of geographical coordinates (which is what actually gets saved to the template), a map input (which also sets the coordinates), and an entry for placing an address, then looking up that address (which sets the values of both the coordinate and map inputs). With that many inputs, and the lack of any explanatory text, it's no wonder that some people get confused. So: does anyone have any thoughts on ways the input could be improved? Perhaps the two text entries should be reversed, with the address lookup on top? Or maybe one of the text entries should be placed to the right of the map, instead of the top or bottom? Maybe "look up coordinates" should be changed to "look up address"? Or maybe that text should appear, unlinked, before the entry, with something like "Go" appearing after the entry as the actual link? Any thoughts are welcome. Also, if you know of any existing inputs on the web that do something similar, that would be helpful to know about too. Thanks, Yaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Semantic Forms" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/semantic-forms?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
