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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: May 12, 2006 7:00AM


> I have no visual problems but I hate them as I can never remember
> what the radio buttons stand for once I get halfway down the list.

Good point, they shouldn't get too long. I would assume that too long is
more than about 5 rows?

Just thinking through possibilities, you could set up a fixed 'header'
that stays in view, just above the current 3/4 rows. That does introduce
another complexity (scrolling), but might help overall.

> I also find that on 'bad muscle days' the accuracy needed to get
> the correct button marked is a lot more than a tick box/check box
> would be.

I'm not sure why that would be different for checkboxes in this format?

A nice trick is to make the hit area quite large, by padding around the
checkbox. An example would be:
http://ukwindsurfing.com/results/2005/rankings_fw
(That does include visible labels, though you wouldn't have to.)

Kind regards,

-Alastair

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