There is some research in Mayhew's 1992 book *Principles* and Guidelines in *Software User Interface* Design as well as in the HFES database where many studies have been done with icons and words in toolbars/button bars.
What aspect of performance are you most interested in: time to find a button, legibility, error rates, aesthetic appeal, ...... Chauncey On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Alan Wexelblat <awexelb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can someone suggest a good reference for general performance by people > trying to use different kinds of button bars? > > In particular, I'm thinking about things like word buttons (e.g. > Gmail) versus pure images (e.g. Outlook) versus mixed (e.g. Firefox > boomarks toolbar). > > Thanks, > --Alan > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
