I would have to agree with you on selecting option #1. The only thing I may also include is an asterisk next to the checkbox and indicate that any/all fields with an asterisk are required.
Laura Schertler Sr. IA/UX Engineer On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Hernan Teano <[email protected]> wrote: > Need to put into place a terms of use checkbox that users need to > check in order to place an order. I can go two ways with the > interaction: > > 1. Enable the Place Order button and if the user clicks without > checking the TOU box display a message > > 2. Disable the Place Order button and enable it once the TOU box is > checked > > I'm inclined to go with #1 because it quickly teaches the user the > relationship between checking the box and ordering, whereas #2 offers > no explanation as to why the order button is disabled and could be > potentially confusing. > > Curious if anyone has experience with this, and which way did you go > and why? > > Thanks, > Hernan Teano > UX Architect > Adobe > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39984 > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Thanks, Laura L. Schertler ________________________________________________________________ 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
