At 10:26 2017-06-06, "Brant E. Layton" <dcci@futureone.com> wrote:

>One more point for the desktop application: Navigation.

>

>I've worked with many applications that are intense data entry - and

>the best ones can be 'driven' entirely from the keyboard. You don't

>have to reach for the mouse to make selections, etc. Of course,

>there are those users that don't know where the TAB key is...

>

>Trying to fill out forms on the Web? Only about one half of the web

>pages I encounter can even set focus to the first fillable field -

>let alone navigate the entire page efficiently. (bank login pages...)

>

>But, we mostly just put up with what we are given.

I also find that Web forms are often laid out badly. They can

not count on a screen size so they go with the one-per-line model:

Data Item 1: _____

Data Item 2: _________________________

Data Item 3: __________________________________________________

Data Item 4: _____

Data Item 5: __________

even if it would be clearer to have more than one item on a line

(such as with addresses). This often overflows off the bottom the

screen. My desktop app does not have this problem.

I saw one page that I greatly regret not having saved the URL

for. It was made very "pretty". As a result, each data item (one

per line) took about triple the vertical space it needed. Worse,

there were no cues as to how long the input could be. I filled in a

reference of about 35-40 characters and when I submitted the form,

only then was I told that input was limited to 12 characters.

I very much dislike Web forms.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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