I would say that it depends on how far off the font size of the button
is from the desired font size. If the user is in an application where
they've been using buttons that all look like the native controls,
when they see a differently styled button they may have to stop and
think about whether it works differently than the other buttons, and
whether it will actually do what they want it to do. Or worse yet,
they may not even realize it's a button.
If the font size is only slightly different than the other font sizes,
I'd say it's more important that it looks like a button. If it's way
off and the user may have trouble reading or seeing the button, then
font size is more important.
Cheers,
Allison
On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Jacob Farber wrote:
Please see the attached files on this JIRA ticket for more info:
http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-1986
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Jacob Farber <[email protected]
> wrote:
I didnt send these to the list the first time....
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From: Jacob Farber <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Going on a Safari....
To: Justin <[email protected]>
With the attached images you can see the fundamental differences.
Please bear in mind this is a bare bones approach with no effort to
make the basic button more attractive.
Jacob
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Jacob Farber <[email protected]
> wrote:
+1 for documenting all these discrepencies in one place.
The FSS CSS would normalize the appearance of the button everywhere
in thedocument, not just UI Options..
Im prepping screenshots right now....
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Justin <[email protected]>
wrote:
In general I would agree that the font size would out weigh the
merits of the native appearance of the button. However, I have a
question.
I'm assuming that this solution would only solve the problem for the
button in the component, and that the other buttons the integrator
puts on the page would still suffer from this issue.
In that case, would it be confusing to the integrator why it works
in some places and not in others? If this is a problem with the
browser, it may be a good idea to document the issue.
In general, it may be helpful to have a section on the wiki or build
site that demonstrates all of the 3rd party issues that we have
encountered and are reliant on someone else to fix. (i.e. browser
specific issues that don't have a work around) This would also
provide us with a point of reference to determine if new browser
versions solve these issues.
Justin
On 9-Jan-09, at 9:41 AM, Anastasia Cheetham wrote:
On 8-Jan-09, at 4:35 PM, Jacob Farber wrote:
Do you think it's acceptable to squash the native appearance of a
form control in order to force it to accomodate other settings? Is
it more user-friendly for the font size to render properly or for
the form control to look like a native control?
Hm... This is an interesting question.
First, I think a screen shot or two might help convey just what the
button looks like when you do and don't do your proposed solution.
My reaction is: I would think it would be better to sacrifice the
native appearance in favor of a 'properly functioning' button.
--
Anastasia Cheetham [email protected]
Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto
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