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A Fading Habit

September 8th, 2005 · 1 Comment

I’ve noticed that I’ve recently habitualised the Yellow Fade Technique, or what the Ajax patterns refer to as One-Second Spotlight. The typical Fade example is a form field. When you change it, the field is suddenly highlighted, then gradually fades back to its original form. This tells the user that “the computer” knows something’s happened, and […]

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