Re: [Usability] combo box guidelines?

["Iain *" <iaingnome gmail com>]

Yeah thats a bug, not a usability issue...bugzilla.gnome.org would be
the best place to take it...

iain

On 9/23/07, Jacob Beauregard <jake13jake comcast net> wrote:
> forgot the image.. hope that 83kb won't kill anyone's inbox.
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> Jacob Beauregard wrote:
> > Yea, I know I've probably whined about combo boxes enough, but honestly,
> > does this image make sense to you?
> >
> > This is just one occurrence in many that I've had. I can only see 3 out
> > of 7 options. Less than half of the options being used is just not good
> > practice. That's only 2 out of 7 odds (not good) that the service type I
> > want is going to immediately visible and navigable.
> >
> > While I believe it's a good idea to allow combo boxes to be open-ended,
> > I just don't understand why visibility doesn't pay a larger role. The
> > best argument I've heard is preserving motion memory. However, anything
> > lacking in visibility is far from intuitive.
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