Comments on: Selected or Unselected? http://almaer.com/blog/selected-or-unselected blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Danno Ferrin http://almaer.com/blog/selected-or-unselected/comment-page-1#comment-35834 Danno Ferrin Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:51:21 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/selected-or-unselected#comment-35834 The rounded corner with the hard corners indicates to me that it should be a tab in a tabbed pane control, so what I would look for more than the color, highlight, or whether the button bubbles out or in would be to see which tab blended in to the frame control itself and which tab didn't. However, I have a bad feeling that is is part of some AJAXy map control, so the tabs are likely parked in the upper right corner of the frame itself and are jutting into the image, not allowing it to be a full square. There is also the possibility that some photoshop jock who has not taken time to think about usability was asked to put a web page together and did it. But the ultimate usability for those two buttons? If i see realistic images: areal is selected. If I see artificial sticks and lines, then it is the street map. The rounded corner with the hard corners indicates to me that it should be a tab in a tabbed pane control, so what I would look for more than the color, highlight, or whether the button bubbles out or in would be to see which tab blended in to the frame control itself and which tab didn’t.

However, I have a bad feeling that is is part of some AJAXy map control, so the tabs are likely parked in the upper right corner of the frame itself and are jutting into the image, not allowing it to be a full square. There is also the possibility that some photoshop jock who has not taken time to think about usability was asked to put a web page together and did it.

But the ultimate usability for those two buttons? If i see realistic images: areal is selected. If I see artificial sticks and lines, then it is the street map.

]]> By: Tom Hawtin http://almaer.com/blog/selected-or-unselected/comment-page-1#comment-35833 Tom Hawtin Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:54:17 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/selected-or-unselected#comment-35833 To me Aerial Image looks like the current tag also the most clickable. That's wrong, isn't it? ;) Not an unusual situation. Standing forward in 2.5D GUIs affords pressability. Obviously for the tab metaphor, the selected tab marker is frontmost. What was wrong with nicely labelled columns of radio buttons? Not that conventional tabs ever seem to make much sense. I'm impressed with Firefox: It has tabs inside of tabs in its preference dialog. To me Aerial Image looks like the current tag also the most clickable.

That’s wrong, isn’t it? ;)

Not an unusual situation. Standing forward in 2.5D GUIs affords pressability. Obviously for the tab metaphor, the selected tab marker is frontmost. What was wrong with nicely labelled columns of radio buttons?

Not that conventional tabs ever seem to make much sense. I’m impressed with Firefox: It has tabs inside of tabs in its preference dialog.

]]> By: Jon Lipsky http://almaer.com/blog/selected-or-unselected/comment-page-1#comment-35832 Jon Lipsky Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:38:17 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/selected-or-unselected#comment-35832 Without seeing the rest of the image, it's tough to really way. With whats shown, I would say the "Aerial Image" is selected since it's more prominent, and the "Street Map" tab is greyed (thus in the backgound). Without seeing the rest of the image, it’s tough to really way. With whats shown, I would say the “Aerial Image” is selected since it’s more prominent, and the “Street Map” tab is greyed (thus in the backgound).

]]> By: Howard Lewis Ship http://almaer.com/blog/selected-or-unselected/comment-page-1#comment-35831 Howard Lewis Ship Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:35:42 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/selected-or-unselected#comment-35831 Really need to see a thrid option to be able to tell, or more of the environment. It isn't quite fair to expect us to tell from just this portion. Still, I often have the same problem with DVD menus. They're so busy animating and glowing and showing us clips that it's impossible to say what's selected ... even worse if you have an El Cheapo brand DVD player with sluggish response. "No! I don't want it in Spanish with Mandarin subtitles!" Really need to see a thrid option to be able to tell, or more of the environment. It isn’t quite fair to expect us to tell from just this portion.

Still, I often have the same problem with DVD menus. They’re so busy animating and glowing and showing us clips that it’s impossible to say what’s selected … even worse if you have an El Cheapo brand DVD player with sluggish response. “No! I don’t want it in Spanish with Mandarin subtitles!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://almaer.com/blog/selected-or-unselected/comment-page-1#comment-35830 Anonymous Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:13:45 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/selected-or-unselected#comment-35830 The very slight highlight on the "Aerial Image" tab would appear to make it stand proud (rather than being flat or recessed), so I figure thats the one you can click on. Maybe easier to tell with more context... The very slight highlight on the “Aerial Image” tab would appear to make it stand proud (rather than being flat or recessed), so I figure thats the one you can click on. Maybe easier to tell with more context…

]]> By: Anthony Eden http://almaer.com/blog/selected-or-unselected/comment-page-1#comment-35829 Anthony Eden Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:13:09 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/selected-or-unselected#comment-35829 Well, to me it looks like Street Map is selected and Aerial Image can be clicked on. Well, to me it looks like Street Map is selected and Aerial Image can be clicked on.

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