In article <0001HW.C443C8400016AA09B01AD9AF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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.
Well, if you do find a "standard", I think it will then have to be
tested on all the browsers and made to work the same on all of them,
right? Wait. That isn't the case now.
Seriously, I think that "presentation issue" is more a function of
consistency within a site. If you highlight links differently from page
to page, people will be confused. That's just basic WEBSITES THAT SUCK
101.
But across different entire web, you've got to be kidding. Try getting
everyone to agree that all links must be #0000ff, highlighted links must
be #ff0000, and visited links must be #000080.
How's that working for you?
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