On 17 Sep 2008, at 15:35, Lee McIvor wrote:
Where users are completing forms or similar, from left to right and
top to bottom, then natural flow suggests the "next" button be
bottom right. Whether they are a keyboard or mouse user isn't the
point in my opinion.
By having only one submit button on the page (for "next") and a
hyperlink for "back" (or similar), keyboard users (who often don't
bother checking the location of the button visually from testing
i've done) have no problem anyway, because hitting the Return button
still does what they expect. On the other hand, users who look for
the button see it exactly where they expect to.
In that way you give users what they visually expect, without in any
way disrupting keyboard users.
I'd agree with this. From what I've seen, this setup seems the most
intuitive and the least intrusive to users.
However, I think this only really works for web apps.
For desktop apps, using an O/S native style is most appropriate. Users
of these kinds of apps are used to working in an environment where 99%
of the apps they regularly use have an established look & feel, so I
think its best to go with established conventions for this kind of
thing (as has been discussed earlier in this thread).
ta
b
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