RE: Color coded labels for editable fields

"Simon C" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mobile.bitpim.devel
Message-ID <000d01c62f39$f1fb2fd0$0201a8c0@HOME>
> Finally got around to implement an idea Roger suggested a 
> while back: color coded labels for editable fields.  The idea 
> is to use colors labels to indicate which fields are 
> applicable (blue), not applicable (red), or not sure (black) 
> to the current phone model.  I'm attaching a couple of sample 
> screenshots for comments and/or suggestions.

Looks really good. Is it worth adding a note at the bottom of the screen to
explain the color coding to the user, something like "Note: Fields in red
are not supported by your phone."
What interface did you define between the phone classes and the GUI to
determine the fields supported by the phone?

Simon



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