Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Web Interface Tricks Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Criticism Please Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:12:15 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3767258.3018.1331694735683.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcql4> References: <09a04fed-7c31-402a-9a09-b9c1432ef91a@q12g2000yqg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 175.39.10.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1331694859 14111 127.0.0.1 (14 Mar 2012 03:14:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:14:19 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <09a04fed-7c31-402a-9a09-b9c1432ef91a@q12g2000yqg.googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=175.39.10.50; posting-account=xOeY_woAAABal4Z83a26ZXNCdu8ESP1_ User-Agent: G2/1.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:12679 On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:07:55 PM UTC+11, David Mark wrote: > On Mar 13, 8:36=A0pm, Web Interface Tricks > wrote: > > I don't know how useful this would be, but I'm trying to make a > > javascript program for rapidly designing page layouts; the theory > > being it would give people more time worrying about content instead. > > > > I'm interested in anyone's criticism of the idea or the execution (or > > both), if you have a minute to spare. >=20 > Briefly, why are the checkboxes to the right of their labels in a LTR > document?=20 I guess I'm used to seeing forms with descriptions on the left and inputs o= n the right, both on paper and on the web, but I accept those are usually t= ext fields not checkboxes. > That always looks weird.=20 Ok I will test it the other way and see how it looks. > And why is everything in pixel > units? Three main reasons.=20 1 I'm used to using pixels and find them predictable and consistent. 2 I noticed most web-pages these days have a central column of about 900-10= 00 pixels, in the centre of the window, so that was the first setting I inc= luded. 3 Then I made everything else in pixels for consistency, and for reason 1. But I'm open to suggestions. How do you prefer to think of sizes when forma= tting various page elements? Thanks for your feedback.