The MAC User Experience Guidelines is very explicit on this Rob - The order is:
------------------------------------------------------- *[ FORM ]* ------------------------------------------------------- *Previous* | *Next* *Cancel * | *OK* ------------------------------------------------------- Imagine the above are buttons :-) Not that it is the bible on interaction design - that's just their point of view. On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:18:06, Rob Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think there's a third option to consider. in addition to button > order and alignment, you can also make decisions about use of ui > treatments to designate primary and secondary emphasis. For example, > some applications will use more of a primary color button treatment > for the save/ok and a light gray - less emphasis - for secondary > actions like cancel. Also, some applications will use a button for > the action buttons and simply minimize the cancel by giving it > traditional hyperlink (blue underline text) ui for less emphasis. > > Personally, I've been struggling not only with save and cancel, but > combining them with "previous" and "next" functionality for a > wizard. If you add these 2 to the mix, how would you order them? > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25587 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- ~ will "No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it." Alan Cooper - "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
