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I agree that navigation is generally paramount, but some considerations: I don't think that silently discarding the data is the best option. Depeding on the f

by qhoxie 18y ago

I agree that navigation is generally paramount, but some considerations: I don't think that silently discarding the data is the best option. Depeding on the flow of the site, it is possible that notifying them that data will be lost is an option, but also a hinderance to their navigation. Based on that, something to explore would be saving the data to be repopulated when/if they return to the form. Obviously that can be a lot more complex than it sounds, so it would take some planning to make it fluid.

edw519 18y ago
saving the data to be repopulated when/if they return to the form I think this is my best option. I hate dialog boxes. My only concern would be the user wondering where that data came from. But, then again, he's the one who entered it in the first place, so now he has to deal with it. Maybe a tooltip explanation at this point would help. Thanks all for the great feedback!