Re: [Usability] Options, Check, Toggle, Exclusive

[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ freenet de>]

On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 11:19:02PM +0200, Amaury Chamayou wrote:

> ... but I think we are not
> trying to improve speed here, but usability. What we are aiming for is
> making the "multiple choices, yet exclusive" obvious at first sight, I
> believe.

Interesting you would think of speed not being part of usability.


> Maximum speed of use remains the same for users who have some experience
> already (ie : they clicked somewhere, and observed the ribbon positionned
> itself, with a fast, yet percievable move, on that option, and now know they
> can do that every time).

It's about avoiding bad habbits. If one ever gets used to one way to 
operate something, it takes effort to switch to another way.

Compare:

Position cursor over desired option, click
vs
Position cursor over current option, press and hold mouse button, move 
cursor to desired option, release mouse button
 

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