On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Caius Durling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 24 Nov 2008, at 15:45, Chris Meller wrote: > > I'd like everyone to re-vote after having read my arguments. Also, please > take a minute or two to explain why. "It's ugly" and "It should never be > done" aren't arguments that help to change my opinion, they just override > it. > > > +1 for native widgets. > > For you it might make sense to have unity across all browsers, but its an > accessibility nightmare for other people that aren't expecting something to > look different. > Again, I think the impact is being so incredibly exaggerated. Look at this page: http://dump.chrismeller.com/2008-11-24_1106.png How long does it take you to realize those are buttons at the bottom that save or publish your content? Not even a split second, I guarantee it. Are you saying that you're 100x smarter than every other person who looks at that page? Let's look at some of the other people who have styled buttons: Facebook: http://dump.chrismeller.com/facebook_login.png http://dump.chrismeller.com/facebook_signup.png http://dump.chrismeller.com/facebook_status.png http://dump.chrismeller.com/facebook_status.png Yahoo!: http://dump.chrismeller.com/yahoo_search.png Flickr: http://dump.chrismeller.com/flickr_searchcreate.png Apple: http://dump.chrismeller.com/apple_me.png http://dump.chrismeller.com/apple_login.png http://dump.chrismeller.com/apple_cart.png http://dump.chrismeller.com/apple_select.png MySpace: http://dump.chrismeller.com/myspace.png I've included some of *the* top-visited sites by the average blogging-age user there, where custom widgets are used on a very liberal basis. If you can honestly still tell me a user can't understand what those buttons do without sitting and thinking about it with a straight face, I'll concede the point right now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
