On Sun, 4 May 2008 23:56:01 -0500, Michael Vilain wrote (in article
<vilain-CBE190.21560104052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
[responding to my opening comment in this thread about 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.
Although I used the word "standard" I should have constrained that to just
"convention".
> 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.
Certainly consistency within a site is to be encouraged, but so is
reasonable
consistency across sites. I think that the behavior of buttons in terms
of
the "normal", "over", and "click" states is definitely an area where such
reasonable consistency is expected.
> 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.
Now that's going farther than I thought I even hinted at! :-
> How's that working for you?
I suppose one could liken a website interface to the controls in an
automobile where one should be able to take command of a car they've never
been in and know how the different controls work.
--
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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