Comments on: Using select boxes to convey choice http://bradt.ca/blog/using-select-boxes-to-convey-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-select-boxes-to-convey-choice Independent web developer, web designer, and entrepreneur living in Halifax, Canada. Tue, 21 May 2013 06:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brad Touesnard http://bradt.ca/blog/using-select-boxes-to-convey-choice/#comment-34032 Brad Touesnard Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:49:39 +0000 http://bradt.ca/?p=463#comment-34032 @chadl Yes, the province link does bring up a province selector dialog. However, my point is that it’s not obvious to the user that they can change their province by clicking on that link. The select box in my proposal conveys to the user that they can select another province. Of course clicking the select box could still launch the province chooser.

Yes, IP address based geo targeting could help guess the province, but although it’s quite accurate, it’s not perfect, so it wouldn’t be a replacement.

Cossette was involved with the rebranding project, but I don’t know if they did the web site. In any case, this was a good current example of overlooking form controls to convey visual cues. It wasn’t a gripe about Bell or their rebranding partners.

]]> By: ChadL http://bradt.ca/blog/using-select-boxes-to-convey-choice/#comment-34031 ChadL Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:04:19 +0000 http://bradt.ca/?p=463#comment-34031 Doesn’t the link bring up a prompt to change the province?

The whole notion of choosing your province is a little lame anyway, as some geo targeting on your IP address would virtually eliminate the need for this annoying “choose your province” prompt. I’ve always thought those were very poorly done.

Isn’t it Cossette that did the re-brand for Bell? I suspect they did the website as well.

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