Hi Greg / Jenny Thanks for the responses. I was asking about the star itself as a symbol connected with favourites. Agree Greg that it needs some more explanation depending on the context. Many thanks Sam
2009/1/6 Greg Thomas <[email protected]> > Hey Sam > I agree with your opinion that it is probably understood as 'standard' by a > small portion of the population. I think that if you were using the star to > indicate favorite status in a design you should probably do so in concert > with another element. > > No supporting research on my end. Just wanted to back your opinion. ;-) > > Warm Regards > Greg Thomas > memorialwebsites.legacy.com > > > On Jan 5, 2009, at 5:16 AM, Sam Menter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you think 'starring' a favourite item become a standard design pattern? >> It's used by firefox, google, twitter... >> >> Has anyone done any user research on this? I think it's probably >> understood >> by the very web literate but hasn't yet crept out into the wider world. >> >> Interested to know your thoughts, >> Sam >> >> www.pixelthread.co.uk >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Reply to this thread at ixda.org >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36876 >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > ________________________________________________________________ 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
