There was a big thread here just the other day on UI. Stick around a few more days there will be another.

Jeff


>David,
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>Thanks for the link to the "Hall of Shame". I've been looking for just the type of suggestions those folks provide. As a developer, I don't consider myself anywhere near the level of youself and others here. But I'm trying to get there. What I can provide now, is that I can sit down with users and translate their needs into a usable system.
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>I think that the problem with way too many programmers is that discussions such as the one here on Access and Assign methods takes precendence over UI design.
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>PF
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>>Mike,
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>>Visit this site for a couple of view points. They also strongly argue against scrolling forms. http://www.iarchitect.com/shame.htm Also from my website on the links page is a link to Allen Cooper's website. He's the author of About Face, The Essentials of User Interface Design.
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>>If the form has boxed sections I'd be inclined to put each section on it's own page of a pageframe.
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>>>Let's assume that I'm creating software to complete a government form that is printed on a 14" sheet of paper. It seems that creating a "form" that looks as much like the official form is a good interface. I know there are issues with getting to parts of the "form" that are out of view. If you think that a scrollable "form" is a bad interface, how would you design the above example?