[IxDA Discuss] [Design Patterns] Save and Cancel

[W Evans]

The MAC User Experience Guidelines is very explicit on this Rob -

The order is:

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*[ FORM ]*


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*Previous* | *Next*                        *Cancel * |  *OK*
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Imagine the above are buttons :-)

Not that it is the bible on interaction design - that's just their point of
view.


On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:18:06, Rob Fay <robfay at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think there's a third option to consider.  in addition to button
> order and alignment, you can also make decisions about use of ui
> treatments to designate primary and secondary emphasis.  For example,
> some applications will use more of a primary color button treatment
> for the save/ok and a light gray - less emphasis - for secondary
> actions like cancel.  Also, some applications will use a button for
> the action buttons and simply minimize the cancel by giving it
> traditional hyperlink (blue underline text) ui for less emphasis.
>
> Personally, I've been struggling not only with save and cancel, but
> combining them with "previous" and "next" functionality for a
> wizard.  If you add these 2 to the mix, how would you order them?
>
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-- 
~ will

"No matter how beautiful,
no matter how cool your interface,
it would be better if there were less of it."
Alan Cooper
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"Where you innovate, how you innovate,
and what you innovate are design problems"
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will evans
user experience architect
wkevans4 at gmail.com
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