thanks. not sure how the survey got closed prematurely (it is supposed to stay open to april 30, so i'll check that and re-open it).
you are addressing most of the key questions, though (and Welie is one of the first sources I consulted when starting work on our pattern). -x- On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Jordan, Courtney <cjor...@bbandt.com> wrote: > Your survey appears to be closed. The main difference between an > accordion and closable/collapsible panels is that with an accordion only > one panel's contents are visible at a time, thus if you open another > panel, the first panel closes, whereas in closable/collapsible, you can > view as many panels as you'd like at one time. If you open another > panel, it opens but the first panel also stays open. Check out > www.welie.com. I found his site very helpful when creating our design > pattern library. > > Courtney > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of > Christian Crumlish > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:14 PM > Cc: disc...@ixda.org > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Accordion Interaction > > As promised a month or so ago, I've put together a survey about the > accordion user interface element to help inform a design pattern I'm > writing. > > If you have opinions about what makes an accordion an accordion (and > whether it's really anything different from stacked panels or a > reskinned tab interface or a tree widget), please come by and share > your thoughts. > > The questionnaire is here: > <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lGHKygw2YwMI8yoom00Tzg_3d_3d> > > ...and my blog post about it is here: > <http://yuiblog.com/blog/2009/03/23/survey-when-is-an-accordion-not-an-a > ccordion/> > > (hoping those links don't break) > > Thanks! > > -xian- > > -- > Christian Crumlish > I'm writing a book so please forgive any lag > http://designingsocialinterfaces.com > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > -- Christian Crumlish I'm writing a book so please forgive any lag http://designingsocialinterfaces.com ________________________________________________________________ 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
