Re: [Usability] label alignments

["Sergio A. Kessler" <sergio_kessler hotmail com>]

yup, just imagine someone with a magnifier trying to
see "foo"

  somewhat-very-large-string: abcde
  foo:                        fghij

/sergio

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Calum Benson" <calum benson sun com>


> > Anna Marie Dirks wrote:
> 
> > Hope this is helpful.
> 
> Thanks for the summary, sounds like there's not really a "correct"
> answer for any given situation, as is so often the case in UI design...
> 
> One of the accessibility people I asked did point out one possible
> reason for preferring right-alignment, though-- if somebody is using a
> screen magnifier, the label for the focused control is more likely to
> show up in the magnifier if the label is right-aligned. (Assuming the
> label is on the left of the control).
> 
> Other than that, all the other Sun people who've expressed a preference
> to me so far are in favour of left-alignment, for the reasons Anna
> pointed out.  I dunno, maybe it's just something they put in our water
> supply here  :o)
> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.