>What a fantastic anaolgy! You have a very good point too, about the tiny
>buttons and having them so close together. Just because the physical
>electronics are getting smaller, why do the navigation buttons need to?
>Sure, the smaller they are, the faster they load - sometimes. But if your
>hand is not very steady or your mouse is having a bad day, then positioning
>the curser over that tiny area can be more trouble than it's worth.
>
>Going to find out how to rubberize nav buttons for more 'grip'.
for starters, make them different sizes, shapes, and colors. one of the
best remotes i've ever owned had the following keypad:
|\
| >
|/
+--+
<|<| | | |>|>
+--+
[][]
and the numbered keys were shaped like the numbers themselves. an
amazingly usable little device.
in web terms, a dozen identical-but-for-the-text image links down the edge
of each page may be easy, but adding icons that suggest the function (or
can at least be associated with some part of the site's content) make them
easier to use.
NOTE: the value of an icon system is determined by the person who has to
learn it without ever having seen it before, not the designer who really
likes this particular set of graphics.
mike stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'net geek..
been there, done that, have network, will travel.
