Hi Graham, Nope, those 'action statements' have been there for a while *remembers traumatic procedure of booking driver's license test*.
There's one big difference with the LTSA example and OOo - mainly, OOo is software, and software webpages use icons that are widely recognized. Try pairing an icon with the LTSA action statements - people would have a hard time picking out what they are for. I'm opposed to the icons, mainly because there's not enough space for them AND the 'banner ad' to keep a clean layout in 1024x768. But I'm willing to give them a shot (you'll never know till you try). I'll post the results when I'm done (should be either today or tomorrow), and then we can make a better informed decision. - Ivan. On Feb 9, 2008 9:43 AM, Graham Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 08 February 2008 23:19:04 :murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote: > > Hi Ivan, > > > > Some suggestions, sorted by my own preference: > > > [snip] > > > > > The icons I intend on using are colorful, so they will be desaturated > > > (not completely greyscale but visibly close) by default - on > > > mouseover, they will obtain their full color. > > > > Sounds excellent to me... and I'd think that a minimum of detail works > > best with the current design. And when it comes to colour, maybe you could > > try to adhere to a fixed pallette (that's why I sticked with greyscale, to > > make it easier ;) ) > > Interestingly, today I was changing ownership on my new 4wd and lo and behold > someone in the NZ Govt has been listening to our discussions > > https://transact.landtransport.govt.nz/ > > Action statements used well and it should be noted no icons. > > The more I think about it the more I am convinced that icons are simply a > recipe for confusion. This is the first time I've used this site ( I think > that they probably came to the action statement system before us but I like > to think that they copied us! ;) ) It loaded like greased lightning on my > crappy dialup connection, it was very simple to navigate and easily > understandable. Excellent use of mouseover to aid navigation. > > If there is a convention that could be a given as the single most widely used > convention on the net it would arguably be: Links change on Mouseover. > > Lets look at a response to a mouseover rather than an icon. I like the > mouseover change to the subtext, lets look at something like that for the > main part of the action statement rather than an icon which the new user has > to interpret. > > > > > > g., > > > > > > Maarten > > Cheers > GL > > > -- > Graham Lauder, > OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ > http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html > > INGOTs Moderator New Zealand > www.theingots.org.nz > > GET DRESSED : GET OOOGEAR > Gear for the well dressed OOo Advocate > www.ooogear.co.nz > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
