Hello, I was wondering if you have any thoughts on usability best practices for clicking on a picture to enlarge it.
The context is a newspaper-type article (as opposed to a gallery or photo site - which, I think, is an important difference in regard to user expectations), and it's one where the image opens on top of the article, blacking out the rest of the screen (like with Picassa). To return to the article and browser, you must close the image. Some examples I've seen seem to take you by surprise and take control out of the users hands. Because this is neither a traditional pop up nor a new tab/window, it makes me wonder whether a mouse over effect is enough to indicate that it's clickable and/or if the the text "click to enlarge" is necessary/sufficient to indicate the type of interaction that is to come. Maybe it's just a question of getting used to seeing this type of image? Is there an icon that people have seen to work? (e.g. the "+" sign). And finally, how good/bad can this type of increasingly common interaction be for accessibility? Many thanks for your thoughts! ________________________________________________________________ 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
