[Sigia-l] Online examples of contextual help

david broschinsky daveb at startide.net
Tue May 6 11:33:55 EDT 2003


I have also seen this done at a web site that if you clicked in the field, 
a div pops up with context sensitive help for that field.  I used to work 
at this company, and this worked very well to help the loan officers fill 
out the grant app.

http://www.neighborhoodgold.com/lenders/grantapp.asp?c=2


dave broschinsky
daveb at startide dot net

"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by tone and temper, by 
the manner which is the man himself."
--Samuel Butler (1835-1902)


> > A while back I remember reading a thread on contextual help on this list.
> > Two links were mentioned as examples, but both are now dead. Anyone have
> > any good examples of online contextual help. Specificallly considering
> > implementing divs with "read more" links so that the user can delve deeper
> > into the current information on the page without having to go to another
> > page.
> >
> > -TD
> >
> > Thomas Donehower
> > Manager, Information Architecture




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