On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 05:19:45PM +0000, Calum Benson wrote: > > The 'Three dialog problems' thread also reminded me of the list view > > column header sorting direction issue. What does a downward facing > > arrow mean ... ? > > The HIG specifies exactly what each direction should mean; however, > whichever one we picked, some people disagreed with it and decided to do > the opposite :/ > > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/controls-lists.html#controls-lists-sortable
What I meant to express is that I can't remember the direction mapping, even though I tried. I have memorised dozens and dozens of shortcuts for several applications, but this doesn't stick at all. I expect it to be no different for most users. So if I use sorting, I have to check the list itself to determine the direction, often clicking a second or third time. This takes time, maybe not much, but it _feels_ so inefficient. An alternative to what's in my mockup would be to write out A - Z, Small - Large, Old - New flipping the order on clicking. There's a space problem, but seeing the first half only should be enough. -- Thorsten Wilms Thorwil's Creature Illustrations: http://www.printfection.com/thorwil _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
