[IxDA Discuss] Marking required fields on desktop UIs?

[jackbellis.com]

Bold has in fact been the convention on most "desktop app" projects I've 
worked on and it's done the job. But I am totally in favor of retrofitting 
the web convention of the asterisk to the desktop world. I'd only add one 
thing... keep the legend as simple as possible:   * Required

-Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sebi Tauciuc" <stauciuc at gmail.com>
> I think if there had been a desktop UI 'standard' more established than
> asterisks, someone would have mentioned it by now. Personally, I see 
> nothing
> wrong with asterisks and nothing else more familiar comes to my mind.
> Ofcourse, we could try some other visual clues, like a bold face for 
> labels,
> for instance. But that's just an idea, not a standard...