Hi Alan Thanks for responding. My issue with a checkbox is that conventionally the response to the user's action isn't instantaneous (though it is possible with js) - normally a checkbox is followed by a submit button to action the user's input. I'm after more of a live on/off switch, which is executed quite nicely on the prev link: http://widowmaker.kiev.ua/checkbox/
Cheers s 2009/7/31 Alan James Salmoni <a...@usernumber1.com>: > Perhaps I'm missing something. Isn't the classic pattern for a > toggle the checkbox? I've found from my own testing that users often > get confused if the wording is not clear enough to a checkbox. > > If you want a push-button type thing with a light, it could work for > vision-impaired users by having a dark centre for off and a bright > centre for on. This gives a strong visual contrast. Think of colours > in terms of brightness rather than hue and you can get a good visual > distinction. Or you could overlay some fairly obvious symbols over a > button like a dark red cross for off and a bright white tick for on. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44203 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
