Comments on: Sometimes Plain Text is Best http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/05/04/sometimes-plain-text-is-best/ PHP Programming, Web Development, PHP Advocacy and PHP Best Practices. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:32:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Harry Fuecks http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/05/04/sometimes-plain-text-is-best/#comment-18 Harry Fuecks Fri, 07 May 2004 07:20:21 +0000 http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/05/04/sometimes-plain-text-is-best/#comment-18 Agree - think it is possible to do better with an input text field and some Javascript. That's the idea behind the WACT <a href="http://wact.sourceforge.net/index.php/InputAutoCompleteTag">InputAutoCompleteTag</a> ;) Agree – think it is possible to do better with an input text field and some Javascript. That’s the idea behind the WACT InputAutoCompleteTag ;)

]]> By: Jeff Moore http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/05/04/sometimes-plain-text-is-best/#comment-16 Jeff Moore Wed, 05 May 2004 20:06:00 +0000 http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/05/04/sometimes-plain-text-is-best/#comment-16 How about UK? :) How about UK? :)

]]> By: sleepeasy http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/05/04/sometimes-plain-text-is-best/#comment-14 sleepeasy Wed, 05 May 2004 04:45:09 +0000 http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/05/04/sometimes-plain-text-is-best/#comment-14 I'm not sure whether all users can type their country as fast as you or I - I know it would take my mum at least a minute to type "United Kingdom" :) Also, if you have a drop down list the user knows instantly that they have to select an item from the list, whereas if they're shown a text field they may fret over what format they have to type their date of birth, state, phone number, etc. in. That BA drop down list is a bit overkill, IMHO a drop down list should have a maximum of (approximately) 15 entries for it to be of any advantage to the user, any more than that causes the the user to actively search the list for the item they want, as opposed to just spotting it more-or-less straight away. Interesting post, thanks. I’m not sure whether all users can type their country as fast as you or I – I know it would take my mum at least a minute to type “United Kingdom” :)

Also, if you have a drop down list the user knows instantly that they have to select an item from the list, whereas if they’re shown a text field they may fret over what format they have to type their date of birth, state, phone number, etc. in. That BA drop down list is a bit overkill, IMHO a drop down list should have a maximum of (approximately) 15 entries for it to be of any advantage to the user, any more than that causes the the user to actively search the list for the item they want, as opposed to just spotting it more-or-less straight away.

Interesting post, thanks.

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