On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:27:43AM +0100, Sam Thursfield wrote: > On 9/17/16, Daniel Beecham <[email protected]> wrote: > > + All major web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, Opera, > > Midori and others) use ctrl-tab to switch tab. Neither <textarea> nor > > <input> consumes tab in any of these browsers, it's just used to change > > focus. > > Cool, I never realised because those that I use also allow tab > switching with ctrl+pgup and ctrl+pgdn. > > ... > > > * The argument of obviousness ("don't make me think", or "great design is > > invisible") > > > > Ctrl-tab is such an ubiquitous binding by now, that users just sort of > > expect it. I saw a design talk by some designer on google the other day, > > and she talked about how they'd just plop a UI in front of people and see > > what they'd do - and then make the UI such that those interactions made > > sense. Like A/B testing a'la extreme. You want an interface which is > > obvious, which makes sense, is intuitive, doesn't get in your way. Those > > are the successful interfaces. ctrl-tab is obvious. > > Is your point here that people who've never used a computer before > will figure out that ctrl-tab switches tabs without any kind of > instruction, but will not figure out that ctrl-pgup and ctrl-pgdn > switch tabs unless someone tells them? I find that hard to believe > without evidence. Maybe I'm missing your point.
I didn't know that... Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
