Re: [Task]: POST GET -- Ready for test

[Victor Engmark]

On 2/19/07, Davi Leal <address@hidden> wrote:

Now, we are using POST only at:
  * Qualifications, JobOffer forms, etc.
  * The Back button of the error page "required fields are empty".
  * New and delete JobOffer.

Let me know if we should use GET in same of the above cases.

To do: https://savannah.nongnu.org/task/index.php?6461

When that task be finished, I think the only use of _javascript_ will be at the
Qualifications and JobOffer forms and the candidate-application state change.

Cool! Very good! By the way, IMO it's better to re-use any forms to show error messages. You can use e.g. the 
Yellow Fade Technique and an error message tied to the form field to show what's amiss. That way,

1. users won't have to remember which fields were wrong (the flashing ones with a prominent error message),
   
2. users won't have to remember what was wrong with the individual fields (the error message will tell them),
3. users have one less page to familiarize themselves with, and
   
4. you don't break the back button.
   

By the byway, Reset and Cancel Buttons
 are considered harmful to the user experience (in most cases).

Don't shoot me, but another thing: The header of the GNU Herds pages is very tall, compared to the contents of it. Beware of 
the fold. The Hackers' Guide link is probably used only by a minority of the users (those who want to hack will find it even if it's in the menu), and the language options can be a separate floating div. That way, the header can contain only the string "GNU Herds - Free Software Association", and there'll be a lot less scrolling for the users. The header space is the most valuable space on any web site.

Oh, and it would be great if the language options could use e.g. <a href="" lang="en" xml:lang="en" title="Change default language to English
"><img src="" alt="English"/></a> in the language URLs for accessibility, and not show the current language option.

Language auto detection could also be handy, but beware! I've got an English OS, using French regional settings, with a Norwegian / Dvorak keyboard, and Google is really annoying when they assume I want to read French.

Sorry, got carried away there for a second.

-- 
Victor Engmark
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditar - What is said in Latin, sounds profound