I for one would say never make interface items disappear, as it might startle the user and might create modes, and modes are usually difficult to deal with.
Disabling might be a solution. Including rollover tooltips that explain why buttons are disabled might help the user understand the situation. Contextualising the palette (making it appear right around the edited object while in editing mode) might also work, as then it will show the text one when editing text and the image one when editing images, like some WYSIWYG editors do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36261 ________________________________________________________________ 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
