[Sigia-l] Link to Search Field Labels

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"Alfonso Corretti" wrote:

> IMHO, this could be a simplification of the implementation, but not a
> real simplification for the user, since he could feel visually overflown
> in the "first sight" state (the worst beginning for any experience).

Partially, true. It's a trade off between getting annoyed at something
popping up *every time* the focus is on a form element, even after you've
already read it the first time you clicked into the field vs having all the
comments visible all the time. To partially alleviate that I specifically
suggested adjusting the visual display of the comments, perhaps in smaller
type, gray color, etc.
 
> In the Plone way, the user is informed of the nature and behaviour of
> every form field only when he needs that information. Not before, not
> after (in the verification step), and in a clear and fancy way.

Yes, but if you visit a form field multiple times, as it happens, the popup
will popup every time.
  
> And, in addition, the implementation of this trick is fair simple. Just
> take a look at the source code and you'll find it's based in the CSS
> visibility property, and a couple of javascript events to set/unset that
> property.

One of the reasons to use persistent comments is, in fact, the possibility
of JavaScript being off.

I don't have any strong feelings against tool tips, but whenever I can, I'd
rather not hide/show the info but make it visible/persistent. That's one of
the reasons I almost never use app-level menus when designing standalone or
C/S apps, you never know something is hidden behind a menu until you go
foraging through all.

Ziya
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