Re: Color coded labels for editable fields

John O'Shaughnessy wrote:

>
> On Feb 11, 2006, at 4:05 PM, Simon C wrote:
>
>>>> 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."
>>>
>>> We can, but I already have it in the Help.
>>
>>
>> On-screen hints can make a GUI easier to understand and avoid RTMF  
>> issues,
>> but it is a difficult choice as extra text will clutter the screen.  How
>> about tooltips?
>
>
> Tooltips are a good idea.


How about also going with a few settings that would toggle the handling 
of unsupported fields:

[ ] Highlight [ ] Disable [ ] Hide features and [ ] fields not supported 
by phone.
[ ] Enforce device field limits
[ ] Warn on records that won't syncronize properly to phone.

I'd suggest that the field background color reflect the color coded 
label too - a red background
would be very appropriate for a field that BitPim handles perfectly, but 
the phone can't handle.

I'd also consider setting up some sort of profile functionality that can 
inteligently handle keeping
two or more devices with different restrictions syncronized - ie, use 
the least common subset of
features between the devices so that sync issues and truncation issues 
don't have to happen.


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