[AccessD] science on visual controls

Steve Schapel miscellany at mvps.org
Sat Mar 21 13:53:23 CDT 2009


Susan,

The science is called HCI (Human Computer Interaction).

Regards
Steve


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From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 7:20 AM
To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: [AccessD] science on visual controls

> I find that the more information a form has, the less visual I like the
> form -- in other words, lots of data, suppress the actual control 
> attributes
> by making the backgrounds transparent and getting rid of the borders.
>
> Does anyone know if there's been any kind of science for this -- what kind
> of visual dos and don'ts are there for avoiding stress on the data entry
> operator?
>
 




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