Deciding on the User Interface

With the guestbook features mapped out, let's discuss the guestbook user interface, or UI. Because the user needs to be able to perform two general tasks—adding a guestbook entry and viewing existing guestbook entries—the guestbook application will consist of two ASP.NET Web pages. One ASP.NET Web page will allow the user to enter a new guestbook entry, while the other will allow the user to view existing ASP.NET Web pages.

For entering a guestbook entry, the user will be presented with three textboxes and a button. One textbox will prompt the user for his or her name, another for an e-mail address, and the third for a guestbook message. Upon entering this information, the user will click the button to add the entry ...

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