Comments on: Hey, nice form

By: Jenibelle

Jenibelle — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:11:47 +0000

I was so confused about what to buy, but this makes it undetsrandable.

By: tyesha

tyesha — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:41:00 +0000

Stacy and David,

Both great points which illustrate the need to be flexible and aware to the particulars of each interaction.

I may have been wrong about the system messages, but it has sparked some discussion so that's good:)

Thanks for the comments.

By: David Hamill

David Hamill — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:36:00 +0000

On a small form like this a system alert might be OK. But I'd steer clear of them in general.

Think about what happens when the form is long or there are multiple errors.

Having a few alerts pop up, one after the other is confusing/annoying/punitive and they disappear, so you can't refer back to them.

By: Stacy Westbrook

Stacy Westbrook — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:23:00 +0000

I’m with you up until using a system dialog instead of comping up an error message. And that’s only because I regularly click those dialogs closed (or just hit return to close) without reading them, then I’m back at my form and confused as to what was wrong with the data I entered. It’s a bad user habit, but I do it constantly then regret it.