Arthur Fuller
artful at rogers.com
Sat Mar 20 12:44:25 CST 2004
I'm 100% there with you on this, Bryan. I remember once designing an app for a jeweller with 30,000 products in stock... And he knew the code for every single one! It was absurd. He simply did not fail. All my cool lookup techniques (combos, listboxes, etc.) seemed to him completely pointless. Ditto popup calendars and similar "enhancements". Keyboard people hate taking their hands off the keyboard. Especially in OLTP apps, operator speed is paramount. Arthur -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:52 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question Lambert, It may work fine for you, but does it work for your users? Do you force them to use the mouse to select the date, or can they do everything they need to from the keyboard? The only reason I bring this up is that I have had RSI from moving between the mouse and keyboard for data entry too much. It got to the point where by 10 AM I could not feel my little finger and half of my lower arm becaude of it. As soon as I got one application that I used on a regular basis more keyboard friendly it helped. Just try to keep that in mind. I know I always do. I let users use the mouse or enter with the keyboard. Their choice. Bryan Carbonnell bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca >>> Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com 17-Mar-04 9:21:45 AM >>> My solution to date entry is simple - I never let user's type in a date. They always pick the date from a simple calendar form (though I don't use the MS Calendar control). Click on a date field and up pops the date picker. While this would not be suitable, perhaps, in applications where massive numbers of dates need to be entered, I find it works just fine for me. Lambert -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com