On Sep 21, 2008, at 1:00 AM, Brett Lutchman wrote:
Most say right- I say left...can't we all just meet somewhere in the
*Middle *? (pardon the pun)
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Providing this illustration from the beginning would have saved a lot
of wasted time on this argument. The illustration you've provided
actually isn't what most of us have interpreted as "Next on the left,
Previous on the right."
When looking at the graphic, what's actually there is The main call to
action isolated, then a visual split in the design represented by a
horizontal line, then another visual space with the remaining actions
at the right.
What you described:
Next | Previous
What the illustration shows:
NEXT
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Previous | Save & Close
These are two significantly different design models.
I think if you would have started the conversation off providing this
illustration you wouldn't have received the arguments you did.
This is one of the main reasons I do more prototyping and less
documentation writing. An illustration is much clearer than words. If
we want evidence of this, then look no further than this thread.
Cheers!
Todd Zaki Warfel
President, Design Researcher
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