+1 ;-) On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Mike Pinkerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMHO, links don't belong in native UIs at all, except when they take > you to a web page (ie, linking to the privacy notice on the web from > explanatory text). The proper interface element for an action in an > application is a button. > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Peter Kasting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Simon B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> The Bookmark bubble doesn't suit me, so I've made some redesign >>> suggestions: >>> http://sites.google.com/site/chromiumdev/bookmark-added >> >> Note that when clicking on a currently-unstarred site, our existing design >> shows "Bookmark Added!" (a la 1A), not "Bookmark" (what you mark >> "Original"). We show the "Original" case when you click an already-existing >> bookmark. >> The mocks you present nearly all change the button layout in ways that are >> pretty unusual for a Windows UI. All but 1A move the close button to the >> upper right, which is extremely unorthodox, and even 1A puts non-button >> controls horizontally aligned with the close button, which is also unusual. >> Your mocks also make heavy use of horizontal space, changing the flow from >> being nearly vertical to being more of a zigzag. Our current design is far >> more typical of Windows UI layout, with its roughly-square shape and its >> vertical flow. >> If I were to get more specific, I would say that in all the designs except >> perhaps number 3, the close button is further from the star than in the >> original, so the stated goal of making it easier to mouse to seems >> unachieved (even if the targeting issues from moving it to a nonstandard >> location didn't apply). >> I am not necessarily opposed to changing "Edit" from a button to a link, but >> there are problems: as Glen says, it'd be nice to place it after the other >> controls in the flow, yet making it a link practically demands that it be >> placed near "Remove" (as you've done), which as Ian and Brett say should >> almost certainly remain in the upper right. These conflicting demands pose >> a quandary, and since a button is not terribly unusual here, I would >> probably stick with that. >> In short, I think our current design is better overall than any of the >> proposed mocks. 1A is perhaps the best of the alternatives, but I still >> find it a step backwards. >> I think your suggestion about selecting the text so the beginning (not the >> end) is in view is a good one. I would go ahead and file that as a feature >> request at crbug.com. >> PK >> > >> > > > > -- > Mike Pinkerton > Mac Weenie > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
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