Sorry if I'm unclear, but yes I fully understand. I felt that her description somewhat misrepresented the purpose of constructive in relation to progressive.
Essentially, I read her description as saying constructive was simply a final step, when in fact it's designed to provide the user a hint that something will be created - no matter the step. - Trevor On Wednesday, October 21, 2015, Jonathan Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Trevor Parscal <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> I would just clarify that constructive buttons are used to indicate an >> action creates something, rather than just modifying it. Similarly, we use >> destructive buttons to indicate the inverse, that something is actually >> being removed. Constructive and destructive don't have anything in >> particular to do with multi-step processes, only what the process does. >> > > Hi Trevor, > > May was talking about constructive vs. PROGRESSIVE buttons here. Did you > misread her email, or are you making a secondary point? It's unclear from > your message. > > Best, > Jonathan > > >> >> - Trevor >> >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:14 PM, May Tee-Galloway < >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> There is a conversation going on here about consolidating constructive >>> and progressive buttons: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110555 >>> >>> I want to find out if any of you have used these buttons in your >>> interface and have done any testing with your users to see if they >>> understand the difference between the two. Also, if you have used it >>> in other ways that has been helpful to your users, chime in! >>> >>> Progressive (blue) conveys to the user that they are starting or >>> continuing a multi-step process. >>> Constructive (green) conveys to the user they are completing a single >>> or multi-step process. In most case Constructive color shows the user >>> what will happen. In others it is feedback that the action has >>> completed. For example, thanking a user, adding a page to a watch >>> list. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Related discussion about button consolidation: >>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110565 >>> >>> >>> mm >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Design mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Design mailing list >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >> >> > > > -- > Jonathan T. Morgan > Senior Design Researcher > Wikimedia Foundation > User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> > >
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