simbo;319719 Wrote: > This is an example of what's called "negative affordance"; shattering a > user's expectations of what a button does by making it behave > differently under certain circumstances. This leads to users losing > confidence over their understanding of an interface; they start to > question even the most blindingly obvious function for fear it won't do > what they expect it to.
Very good. I think I am probably a victim of this. I gave up using the + button as I was never certain what it was going to do and if it did not do what I was hoping/expecting it to do it often did something that took some time to recover from (like decimating a well planned playlist). Confusion was also increased when the hold function was taken away at some point and tracks could not be added next in the playlist (was this for the Controller only.. or maybe the change from 6.* to 7.*.... or possibly I'm just imagining it?). I think a +/- symbol might have made more sense... really. :-) MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49831 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
