Comments on: Showing remaining characters in a form input element http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/ Random developer notes Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Stickman http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Stickman Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:30:14 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/#comment-1024 To be honest, after writing it I pretty much forgot about it. The fact that it didn't work in Safari was a turn-off (although I've just tested it on v3.1.2 and it now works fine) but mostly, like you, I wasn't sure if it was clear enough what was happening. I like the idea of 'flashing' the bar though. To be honest, because it's not self-explanatory I think probably it would only ever really be useful in conjunction with another type of notification. Which makes it rather redundant. To be honest, after writing it I pretty much forgot about it. The fact that it didn’t work in Safari was a turn-off (although I’ve just tested it on v3.1.2 and it now works fine) but mostly, like you, I wasn’t sure if it was clear enough what was happening. I like the idea of ‘flashing’ the bar though.

To be honest, because it’s not self-explanatory I think probably it would only ever really be useful in conjunction with another type of notification. Which makes it rather redundant.

]]> By: Howard http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Howard Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:09:10 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/#comment-1023 I just wondered if you ever did anything with this? Did you still end up liking it? I'm not sure if I like it or not; ie, I'm not sure the meaning of the advancing color bar would be obvious to naive (or not so naive) users. One thought tho: you might try changing the color to a richer red when the bar hits the right end of the input field, signifying a "stop" or a "caution" as the user hits the character limit. Maybe even blinking the color bar a couple of times for good measure. And of course you can do a few siren whoops in SoundManager. :-) Howard I just wondered if you ever did anything with this? Did you still end up liking it?

I’m not sure if I like it or not; ie, I’m not sure the meaning of the advancing color bar would be obvious to naive (or not so naive) users.

One thought tho: you might try changing the color to a richer red when the bar hits the right end of the input field, signifying a “stop” or a “caution” as the user hits the character limit. Maybe even blinking the color bar a couple of times for good measure. And of course you can do a few siren whoops in SoundManager. :-)
Howard

]]> By: Stickman http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Stickman Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:24:43 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/#comment-893 Thanks! "You might wanna spell check your post title though " I have no idea what you're talking about. *whistles* Thanks!

“You might wanna spell check your post title though ”

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

*whistles*

]]> By: DontBogartMe http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/comment-page-1/#comment-892 DontBogartMe Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:57:12 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/#comment-892 Ingenious idea that, Stick. I'm only on 'normal' browsers here so can't do any useful testing for you - it worked on FF2 tho, as you know. You might wanna spell check your post title though :) Ingenious idea that, Stick. I’m only on ‘normal’ browsers here so can’t do any useful testing for you – it worked on FF2 tho, as you know.

You might wanna spell check your post title though :)

]]> By: Stickman http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Stickman Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:48:07 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/#comment-891 :) Surprise! I just had another thing I'm working on fail on in Safari. Grr! Thanks for the feedback anyway. :) Surprise! I just had another thing I’m working on fail on in Safari. Grr! Thanks for the feedback anyway.

]]> By: Keavy http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Keavy Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:40:38 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/showing-remaining-characters-in-a-form-imput-element/#comment-890 nice idea. It didn't work for me on the mac - Safari doesn't let you change background colors in input fields, as far as I know. nice idea. It didn’t work for me on the mac – Safari doesn’t let you change background colors in input fields, as far as I know.

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