I was changing the interface to use the nice buttons "Boy "provided hen I realized that the button I was using (The current interface was provided by EricB, but he got busy with something else) conflicted with the new one. Which makes sense to you?
I was changing the interface to use the nice buttons "Boy "provided hen I realized that the button I was using (The current interface was provided by EricB, but he got busy with something else) conflicted with the new one. Which makes sense to you?
I think that the above choice should be seen in the context of Eric's original UI design because I used it as the starting point: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...948#post490948
Some found the three columns of buttons in Eric's design confusing so in my suggested design change I removed the "Startup Value" column and added arrows on the buttons of the "Set Value" column and locks on the buttons of the "Default Value" column to make it clearer which buttons should be used to change the settings: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...131#post491131
If in the latest design there is only one column of buttons left, I consider Eric's original button design clear enough.
What I am asking is which of these two buttons would you expect to be ON. The slider is at opposite sides.
The second.
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Neither, if these are meant to show boolean values. IMHO these two-position switches, heavilly used by Apple, are just fanciness for the sake of it and they are inherently difficult to read. (Are the two examples showing the same state or different states? What does the arrow mean w.r.t. the underlying data item?)
I think the best way to show a Boolean value is with a simple button:
Off: Visually quiet, unhighlighted, saying, "I'll do something if you click me"
On: Prominent, highlighted, saying, "I am now active"
Simple but not very trendy.
Phil
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