Re: Correct Website Button Behavior?

On Sun, 4 May 2008 20:08:32 -0500, TaliesinSoft wrote (in article 
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> A button on a website typically has three states commonly referred to as

> "normal", "over", and "click". 
> 
> "Normal" is what is displayed when the cursor is not positioned over the

> button. 
> 
> "Over" is what is displayed when the cursor is positioned over the
button 
> and the mouse is not clicked. 
> 
> "Click" is what is displayed and what happens when the cursor is 
> positioned over the button and the mouse is clicked. 
> 
> I've noticed that there are two common behaviors for the "click" state. 
> The first is that the appearance of the button changes upon a mouse down

> and the action takes place upon the subsequent mouse up. The second is 
> that the action takes place upon the mouse up and there is no action for

> the subsequent mouse down. 

Oops! That preceding sentence should have read "The second is that the
action 
takes place upon the mouse up and there is no action for the PRECEDING
mouse 
down" 

> An example of the first "down/up" behavior is the Apple website which
can 
> be seen at <www.apple.com>. 
> 
> An example of the second "up/only" behavior is a website I'm developing 

> which can be seen at <http://homepage.mac.com/taliesinsoft/ECR/>.

> 
> My query is to whether there is any agreed upon standard or convention
in 
> regards to button behavior. 



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James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]