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- Menus display upwards for efficiency and aesthetic -> don't need to scroll down (scrolling down brings up layout issues and takes time)… sacrificed a bit of external consistency, but we believe our "drop-ups" still feel familiar as they have almost exactly the same look & feel as standard drop downs
- Single letter commands hurt safety slightly as one letter differences can now register as correct even if the user did not intend to type that. However, it significantly increases efficiency and visual feedback helps prevent such slips from become actual recording mistakes. Safety is also aided by the fact that statistics are easily editable.
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- Providing feedback for valid & erroneous input: Dynamic green and red highlighting respectively within input form as user types. Black & Red text in Recorded Statistics once statistic is entered.
- Space and tab advance keyboard focus along the input field. Hitting enter submits statistic. Shift-tab pushes focus back
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