-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthias Bauer wrote: > > Yeah, I'm not even using OS X, but thanks ;) I like native widgets, I > also like some styled widgets, but most of all, I'm think about the less > savvy users. Native widgets have a known look and known behaviour. With > everything new, you ignore the users' experience & muscle memory. > I don't think the argument that changing the appearance of a button makes it, in any significant way, more difficult for the user. Buttons are a fundamental part of modern life. From where I'm sitting, I can see at least half a dozen buttons. None are the same size, shape, or color. All of them are styled to fit match the object they are part of. As a concrete, real-world example, what shape is the volume control on your car stereo? On your home stereo? On your alarm clock? They're all probably completely different, but you had no problem figuring out the function, nor do you have any difficulty remembering that function. While not styling native widgets will save a new user fractions of a second the first time they look for the delete button, I don't think that cost outweighs the benefits of having a consistent look across our admin. (I'm not going to weigh in on if the current crop of styled buttons succeed at that, as I haven't looked at them.)
If the argument is that we shouldn't change things that the users are most familiar with, the argument could be extended to say that all links, no matter where, must be underlined, and should keep the default blue/red/purple color scheme that we're all familiar with. While I realize this is taking the argument to an extreme, I think it illustrates the point that people adjust to changes from the familiar constantly and, usually, without any conscious effort. It always bothers me when arguments are made that cast our theoretical users as not only "less savvy" but darn near idiotic. I really don't care what the buttons look like as long as they work and so I'm not going to cast a vote on this subject, but I did want to put my thoughts in so that others can see another side to the issue. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJKuA9mQpMBUWJpdsRAoatAJ4iHu2T3hRvtPBK6sRPK0InmLW8EQCgzi+P wIDpDNibcWvmEupCZhAPj/k= =0Bjs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
