RE: [PHP] Re: your method for validating forms

From: Robert Cummings (robert_at_interjinn.com)
Date: 10/02/03 

To: "Chris W. Parker" <cparker@swatgear.com>
Date: 02 Oct 2003 15:14:55 -0400

Heeeeeeeeeeey, a great little response like this to see an alternative
to a popup and no link for us to check it out *pffffffffffft* Where'd
you learn your posting manners? Were you brought up in a web barn?
*grin*. Wouldn't happen to know the URL still would ya?

Cheers,
Rob.

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 12:23, Chris W. Parker wrote:
> Chris Shiflett <mailto:shiflett@php.net>
> on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:18 PM said:
>
> > There are definitely benefits to saving the extra request and response
> > necessary to properly display errors, but I'm not so sure I would
> > count usability as one of them. In addition, the user's perception of
> > the site's general quality and professionalism may be a concern, and
> > a JavaScript popup certainly doesn't improve this.
>
> I went to an ecom site today that used js validation but in a very slick
> way. There were no popups to be seen. Instead, when I tried to add a
> product to my cart without specifying some attributes a little red
> message magically appeared on the page that said "Please choose a
> color".
>
> A client-side validation class would be usable imo if it doesn't utilize
> popups. Not being experienced with js I can imagine that not using
> popups and still warning the customer of a mistake would be complicated.
>
> I prefer server-side but that's mainly just because I don't like js.
>
>
>
> Chris.
>
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