Re: [gnome-db] Mergeant forms status

[adam morrison-ind com]

>>Here they are:
>>pict1 shows the form presented for data insertion. The red rectangles
>>show data which need to be entered, the blue ones show fields where the
>>default value will be set (if there is no modification).
>It should be better (imho) that this representation of the state of an
>entry would be marked as icons and markups over the labels (colors are a
>good idea, but it should be complemented with other hints).

I agree, as I'm red-green color blind, color only hints can be confusing (dark
red = brown, blue = purple, etc...).  But so long as one gets a hint on
mouse-over it isn't so bad.  If there are icons they'll have to be small.

>pict2 is the same form where I started to enter data. The green bar
>indicates that the 'imprimable' field will be set to NULL.
>A solution similar to emblems in nautilus would be nice. Again, I
>suggest icons. Or... a better way would be a checkbox for nullable
>fields. If you check that box, the box is not null, so the field has a
>meaning.

A little empty set icon perhaps?

>>pict3 is the form displaying actual data in the table.
>It's really nice :))

It does.