Ways of accomplishing "Remember this option".
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:31 am
Hi there,
I've been recently coding a control panel, which contains loads of links, buttons, pages, etc. And since every user have their own individual preferences, needs, the way of thinking - I've decided to implement some sort of "remember this option" -feature.
Think about the following procedure:
1) Login
2) Click "Manage"
3) Click "Manage Articles"
4) Scroll down a bit
5) Click on the Article Name field
6) Type the article name
7) Press Tab to jump to field article text
Type the article
And in the end, set a number of settings like Date, Publisher, Category, etc again and again everytime the same details. So how would you implement a feature that remembers all these options, and what would be an ideal way to do this? I mean, just storing the latest settings? Or the ones that have been used most?
I was also thinking about improving the above procedure to something like:
1) Login (if cookies & session nonexpired => autologin = no login needed, this section is skipped)
2) Mouse hover Manage -> Click on the submenu Manage Articles (one click needed only)
3) Automatic JavaScript scroll to show the content user wants to see immediately
4) Auto select the Article name field
And the settings would be autoloaded to something by default and the Enter key would submit the form.
What are your opinions? What have you done for your project to make it more usable?
I've been recently coding a control panel, which contains loads of links, buttons, pages, etc. And since every user have their own individual preferences, needs, the way of thinking - I've decided to implement some sort of "remember this option" -feature.
Think about the following procedure:
1) Login
2) Click "Manage"
3) Click "Manage Articles"
4) Scroll down a bit
5) Click on the Article Name field
6) Type the article name
7) Press Tab to jump to field article text
And in the end, set a number of settings like Date, Publisher, Category, etc again and again everytime the same details. So how would you implement a feature that remembers all these options, and what would be an ideal way to do this? I mean, just storing the latest settings? Or the ones that have been used most?
I was also thinking about improving the above procedure to something like:
1) Login (if cookies & session nonexpired => autologin = no login needed, this section is skipped)
2) Mouse hover Manage -> Click on the submenu Manage Articles (one click needed only)
3) Automatic JavaScript scroll to show the content user wants to see immediately
4) Auto select the Article name field
And the settings would be autoloaded to something by default and the Enter key would submit the form.
What are your opinions? What have you done for your project to make it more usable?