Embedded objects in fields

[Dan Shafer]

Just my two cents -- and it's a holiday here so my brain may be  
otherwise engaged -- I think putting buttons into scrolling fields is  
a terrible UI idea. By definition, it puts certain functionality out  
of the reach of the user until and unless s/he scrolls the field.  
Lotus NOtes allowed this and every time I saw an app designed to take  
advantage of it, users got confused.

I suspect I feel the same way about buttons in scrolling GROUPS.  
Interactive functionality needs to be where users  
can...well...interact with it, no?

Dan (who fears he's probably started another one of those "up your  
opinion" threads that are so much fun)


On Jul 4, 2005, at 8:14 AM, Charles Hartman wrote:

>
> On Jul 1, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Mathewson wrote:
>
>
>> I have just downloaded the SuperCard 4.5 demo and found
>> they have a new feature:
>>
>> allowObjects
>>
>> this lets the user embed object (images and so on) inside
>> FIELDS:
>>
>> WOW - I would love scrolling text fields with pictures!
>>
>
>
> -- and buttons! (At the moment I'm doing this is a non-scrolling  
> field inside a scrolling group, but aside from being tedious that  
> has other disadvantages, such as the scroll-wheel not working right.)
>
> Charles Hartman
>
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