Re: [Gramps-devel] Misc issues

[Douglas S. B. <db...@cs...>]

On Thu, January 4, 2007 4:22 am, ben...@ug... wrote:
> Quoting Eero Tamminen <ee...@us...>:
>
>
>> What do you mean:
>> - the form has too many fields
>>  -> some could be removed
>> - the mailed output is not easy to understand
>>  -> the form field names could be named so that they are more
>>      verbose ("child-5-death-date" instead of "c5ddate")
>
> Yes and yes. I think it best if the form fits in one browser window.
> Otherwise
> the user might think: 'to much work', while you want to invite him to
> enter
> data as this is easy. On clicking the mail button, going to a mail which
> is
> more verbose is also in the advantage of the less computer savvy user.
>
> Benny

I don't mind the number of fields. (Actually, having the parent's marriage
information might be nice here too). Javascript could help here. You could
hide the fields, unless they enter a name.

You could also use the CSV file format that I'm working on as a transfer
method, and to import the data directly, without any retyping. You could
create a CSV file to download, which could then be attached to an email.

-Doug