My tests as well as other expert testers in the industry (2 experts 1. Andrew Chak- Usability author of 'Submit Now' and 2. Dave W Small Dir of Tech., Rogers) indicate the same as I've stated. But regardless of tests, for the reasons that I listed, the chances for disrupted usability and flow is much greater when the 'Previous' button is on the left.
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Nick Gassman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:40:17 +0100, Tamlyn wrote: > > On our pages the continue/submit button is always to the right, and go > back is always to the left. We've tested many many people with this > design, and I can't recall a single occasion where it caused > confusion. > > It has caused confusion where buttons have been too similar and too > close together. > > It seems to be more important for the buttons to be easily > distinguished and consistent within a site. > > >As discussed by LukeW in Web Form Design, it's best to have the primary > >action of a form be the first button that the user sees. For left-to-right > >languages this means having the primary action on the left and any > secondary > >actions on the right (see A in this illustration > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosenfeldmedia/2366430953/ ). In a > multi-page > >'wizard' style form, the primary action is usually 'next' or 'continue' > and > >the secondary action is 'back' or 'previous' but at the same time the > >conceptual model for such forms is that the screens are arranged > >progressively from left to right (the ipod/iphone interfaces even animate > >the transition). > > > >In such situations is it better to have the secondary action, 'back', to > the > >left or the right of the primary action, 'next'? Or is there a better > >solution? > * Nick Gassman - Usability and Standards Manager - http://ba.com * > * I vote for reply-to to go to the list* > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Brett Lutchman Web Slinger. ________________________________________________________________ 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
