Re: [IxDA Discuss] Forms design / labels inside the fields
Maciej, Like other have said before, we had a similar discussion recently and here is the link: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=49122 -Gayatri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Regarding Table
Thanks for all the feedback so far. Some really good ideas there!!! I did propose having a Delete List at the end where users have a summary view of the items selected for deletion but we can have a lot of elements and then user may have to scroll endlessly. We currently have a Dialog Box for deletion and I also proposed that we have list at the end and a user can select certain rows that they would like to remove from delete list by clicking a button. I was told it's too much by engineers :) . Another thought from one of the engineer is to have a counter that would tell a user how many rows are marked for deletion but I think a counter is of no use as it's just a mere indication of how many rows are selected and does not give any information related to a row itself. I will keep you guys updated about what gets implemented. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48916 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] help text in input fields - bad?
I am not aware of research in this particular area but I have some general thoughts I worked on something similar recently. There are two things to consider here: 1. In your example of Search Adobe.com a user can read this and start entering their search criteria and there is no specific format they have to follow here. So, in this scenario it's pretty good way of communicating the intent. 2. In places like forms where you may have, for example a phone filed where you have listed the format a user needs to enter the details in(area code, number and ext); given that case if a user starts typing the instructional text goes away and may throw an error if a user was not able to memorize the exact format. Following is an example of handling instructional text for form elements. https://www.ubid.com/registration/default.aspx Hope this helps! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48953 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
[IxDA Discuss] Regarding Table
Hello Folks, I am in an interesting situation with regards to table interaction. I have some data that is presented in table format. The table has Search, Sort on some columns, Number of results per page drop down and Pagination. We do not have Show All rows as it takes a long time for the page to load. We also have Delete functionality. My Specific question is: The question is if a user selects few rows on page 1 for deletion and moves from page 1 to page 2 and subsequently page 3, should a user be allowed to delete the rows selected on page 1 while they are in page 3. While a user has moved from Page 1 to Page 2 to 3 and so on, chances are they selected few more rows on different pages and marked for deletion. Is it okay to allow them to delete rows selected across different pages as they don't see what they have selected in previous pages? Personally I am not comfortable allowing users to delete what they cant see even though they marked it themselves as they can't see a summary of selected items with the existing design. I would love to get your thoughts! P:S: We currently retain the selection across different pages and a user can go back and forth between pages and can check or uncheck their selection. We erase the selection after a user moves to different application or the session times out. 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] How much of menu levels should you show?
Foodnetwork does a good job of showing horizontal navigation. www.foodnetwork.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48638 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation
Thanks guys, for all the input. Seems like there are questions regarding transaction that is going to take place on the page. This page is simply to read an article and when done reading be able to go back to the results page. When I look at browser back links they are actually icons that visually communicate what will happen when a users clicks on it. My intent is the same as well with a very slight change in the context. GN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44185 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation
Thanks a lot guys! The feedback is really helpful. I initially had an informative/descriptive link to the top left of the page, above the article title and someone said users would confuse the Back to Results Page link to be the title of the article. I personally didn't think so because of the color difference between the link(blue) and the title(black). I do want to point out that this is the only link on the page and everything else is addressed in Tabs. When I thought or Ergonomics, Functionality and Responsiveness of the Button/Link, the bottom line is whether it would perform what User would expect it to(in this case, navigate to the previous page) and I felt it would address the intent. Also, when a users would click on Back button they are going to expect to be taken to the previous page and my assumption is they would not stop and think why is there a button here instead of a link?. Once again, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. -Gayatri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44185 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
[IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation
Hello Everyone, I am wondering if using buttons or navigational elements that look like buttons(for e.g BACK link) are intuitive? Let me give you guys some context here: I am working on designing a knowledge base interface where a user can look for articles and click on a particular link to read that article. In the article page on the top I had a BACk link that would take the user to previous page/results page. Based on some feedback I changed the BACK to look like a button. I am not sure if buttons should only be used to submit data and not for navigation? I personally think with it doesn't matter as long as the link/button does what a user expects it to do. I would really appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks, GN 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
