Date selection calendars, what not to do…
February 24, 2008 – 3:07 pmDo us all a favor. If you place date selector calendars on your site, make them appear as a dynamic page element, not in a separate window. Separate window date selector calendars usually load slower, mess up my window focus, and occasionally open up in new tabs. That’s really annoying. I don’t want to be switching back and forth from windows or tabs just to pick a date.
More importantly, if there are two calendars to select a date range, populate the month of the second calendar based on the month input of the first one. That’s really simple and useful. Unless airlines start offering time travel services, I don’t think I need to be selecting to travel back in time.
Who Gets it Right
JetBlue – Calendar is on the page as a fast dynamic element. Month of July in the calendar is populated based on my previous selection. Hiyooo!!
Who Gets it Wrong
American Airlines (no surprise) – Calendar opens in a new browser window, booo!! I selected a July date for my first selection, but AA is still showing me February when I clicked on the second calendar icon, ugh!! How long have they been installing 757s with flux capacitors?
6 Responses to “Date selection calendars, what not to do…”
but, which one did you choose?
By nelson on Feb 24, 2008 - 7:51 pm
ekkk…I guess I have some work to do on dashboard =) populating the month of the second calendar based on the month input of the first one is a great idea!
By Sandy on Feb 24, 2008 - 8:07 pm
I chose neither. I was looking for flights back to Syracuse and then thought to myself: why would I want to go back to Syracuse??
By Mike on Feb 24, 2008 - 8:41 pm
haha, that’s a happy ending
By Reid on Feb 25, 2008 - 10:06 pm
http://stephencelis.com/projects/timeframe
By Wysz on Apr 27, 2008 - 8:48 pm