Well thank you very much - I tried to do a good job. Glad you like it :-)
will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281 On Nov 1, 2007, at 3:08 PM, "Mike Scarpiello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For reference, do a search on the www.kayak.com site. They do a > great job > with sliders. > > On 11/1/07, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I wonder, does anyone know of / carried out / read any research into >> users' >> familiarity and ability with slider controls? >> >> This sort of thing for example: >> http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/SliderDemo (although I >> don't >> particularly like their implementation of them). >> >> My feeling is, as long as it looks a lot like a slider and that the >> control >> affords horizontal movement there enough real, physical sliders in >> the >> world >> that people would have an understanding of how they work? >> >> They feature in the Energy Saver in System Preferences in OS X for >> example >> so guess at least a few people know how they work... >> >> I'm trying to put together a rating tool, users rate a product on a >> scale >> of >> 1 to 10, and it seems to me that a slider fits the bill perfectly. >> >> Clearly there needs to be graceful degradation for clients without >> javascript but aside from that, does anyone have any comments? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Tim >> ________________________________________________________________ >> *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* >> February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA >> Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help >> > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
