Written by Ben Hunt from web design agency . For more information about his agency visit scratchmedia.co.uk

DHTML Decision Making Tool

I wrote this handy decision-maker a few years ago on a train journey, party because I wanted to use it myself, and also to test what was possible with DHTML.

It's something I've found useful a few times - and I hope you do too.

How to use

The grid lets you enter options (things you'll choose between) in columns. Just click the "add option" button, and enter the name of each option.
Then you need to enter criteria that you want to rate your options on, like price, quality, frequency etc. Click the "add criteria" button and name your criteria.
Each criterion needs a weight (from 1 to 10), which indicates how important it is relative to the other criteria.
Then, just mark your options on the criteria by typing a number from 0 to 10 in the grid. The total scores will be calculated for you at the bottom of each column.
You can add or delete options and criteria as much as you like.
To save your grid, or to send it to someone else, just copy the "Permanent link" which will appear above.

Example

See this example »

Link

Try my decision maker for yourself.

Recommended reading

DHTML Utopia - Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM

By Stuart Langridge

Level Intermediate > Advanced

One of the most useful and well-written technical books I've ever read!

Stuart Langridge takes you through the principles and potential of DHTML from basics, and develops the principles to a fairly advanced level through a series of useful worked examples.

This book moves at a good fast pace, so you need to be familiar with JavaScript and HTML documents first. Highly recommended.

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