Hi,

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Ecaterina Valica wrote:
> > I vote +1 for all buttons visible, but disabled if not active.
>
> -0, I just hope I won't have to say this:
>
> "No, you can't finish at this step.. the finish button is there just to
> assure you that this wizard will end at some point. This way you'll know
> where to click when that moment comes."
>

That's exactly what most wizards do:

   - http://www.raymond.cc/images/create-backup-wizard.png
   -
   
http://www.mdt-project.net/help_mdt_PE/help/pl.com.astec.mdt.help/html/whatsnew_rc1/images/external_file_wizard.png
   -
   
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-custwiz/figure4.jpg
   - http://www.netbeans.org/images/articles/facelets/new-file-wizard.png
   - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ajdt/ajdocWizard.GIF

Displaying disabled buttons matches the user model / user expectation for
wizard. Since this kind of interface is frequent, specially for Windows
users, you're much less likely to have to explain why a disabled button is
displayed than to have to explain why some buttons appear and disappear.

Guillaume


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> Marius
>
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> > Caty
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