Chapter 8. Editing and Manipulation: Using HTML Input Controls to Accurately Capture Users’ Data
“In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.”
—Cynthia Ozick“We Are the Crazy Lady and Other Feisty Feminist Fables”in The First Ms. Reader
In contrast to the Viewing and Navigation layer, the interactions in the Editing and Manipulation layer result in persistent changes to the user’s data. Owing to HTML’s limited interactive vocabulary and the complex nature of these interactions, the Editing and Manipulation layer contains some of the most challenging and difficult aspects of the overall design. In addition, the technical limitations of Web applications are particularly visible in this layer. In many cases, the ideal ...
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