I have some general usability questions in regards to checkboxes: 1) Should "checking" a checkbox present the user w/ feature options/settings the checkbox turns on/off (ex: would show a pop-window w/ options)? 2) Should the label of a checkbox link to feature settings that the checkbox turns on/off (ex: would show a pop-window w/ options)?
I have been playing around with the various ways to handle this. I have designed an upload tool for a client that allows them to upload a photo and change its metadata using a basic UI. They can choose to receive emails telling them when someone, other than themselves, makes a change to the photo metadata. I handled this by providing a checkbox to turn on email notifications. They can also choose when they want an email to be sent; for example, the user could choose, "I only want an email when the title is changed", etc. >From the options I provided, is option 1 or 2 acceptable? Thanks, Johnny ________________________________________________________________ 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
