Hi,
We recently switch the date calendar components in our product to Jide's DateComboBox component. We then go this comment on our forums:
"Expiration dates - I'm not sure what the reasoning was for getting rid of being
able to scroll by year when entering the expiration date at the end of
finishing a WO but that was a really handy function for products that expire
several years after production. I realize I can just type in the date but It
doesn't make sense to me why you would get rid of that function."
Now I realize that you can change the year by clicking on the year in the popup. But...it is not what users expect nor did this user figure it out (I will let them know). It took me a while to figure out that that is the way to change the year. I think I stumbled on it accidentally because the normal mnemonic/icon that most people expect is not there.
I would propose that Jide provide the ability (via an option) to show "<<" and ">>" buttons (to the left and right of the month inc/dec buttons) that many people are use to working with in a date selector. These types of buttons are seen all over the internet and more boldly show users how to change the year.
Thanks,
Brent