Dan Shafer wrote: > Well, just as one example, the pulsing default button in Aqua. That > feels like the kind of eye candy that was added to the UI just because > they could. It doesn't convey a single iota more information than a > bold button that is clearly the default.
According to at least one paper I read a couple years back, the pulsing default buttons might actually be an anti-feature: the paper was on visual distractors, exploring the balance between engaging graphics that support the central goal of the experience and flashy graphics that draw attention away from the central goal. In an alert dialog, the critical goal is to present a message. Making sure the users reads "OK" is way down the list after making sure they read the message itself. Yet the pulsing button is visually dominant, drawing attention to itself and away from its raison d'etre.... -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
