On 24/06/12 00:05, drew wrote:
On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 18:08 -0400, Rob Weir wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 5:57 PM, RGB ES <[email protected]> wrote:
2012/6/23 David McKay <[email protected]>:
On 23/06/12 22:19, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
OK, personal impression only:
I find the rainbow coloring through the text of "Get it Here" to be
distracting and not helpful. I know some subset of us know what the colors
represent, but I see no need to be cute about it. (Yes, this will be on the
final exam.)
I'm not too sure about the wording 'Get it here'. To me that isn't as simple
and clear as something like 'Click to Download'.
Might just be the way my brain is wired up, but it says to me 'you can get
it here on this web page somewhere', whereas something that specifically
says 'This is the link/image/gizmo you need to click on to kick off the
download' is evidently the bit you need to click on.
Dave.
It seems our brains are wired on similar ways because I agree with
you: "Click to download" or "Click here to download" is far better,
IMO.
Ah, but the link doesn't actually download anything. It takes you to
the OpenOffice download page, where you would need another click or
two to download. The only way we could trigger a direct download from
a 3rd party website would be if they included the Javascript on their
site needed to determine platform and language and resolve the
download file name. And that might not work cross-site.
So it really is "get it here" or at best "click here to learn more" or
something like that.
Maybe beveled edges or something would make it look more "button-like"
so it was clearer that the user is supposed to click it?
Maybe - here it is with text a little smaller and a bevel:
http://lo-portal.us/aoo/temp/get-aoo-300x100-btn.png
That does look better. Personally I'd still prefer something that
reflects what will happen when you click it. Something along the lines
of 'Click for download page'.
//drew
Ricardo
