Speak Clearly....
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 3:44PM
Brian T Spendolini

Just a quick thought on field errors/feedback...

example....date field....i put in 2-2-2011...

ERROR-- INCORRECT DATE FORMAT...

OK...thats fine...but what IS the correct format?? Give meaningful feedback...it helps alot!

ERROR -- Please use mm/dd/yyyy as your date format.

Thats better....

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