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Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

20 June 2007 at 11:41am
I've been experimenting with various ways to fix Usability Issue #13 "Important Buttons Not Noticeable Enough": http://www.elijahlofgren.com/silverstripe/important-buttons-not-noticable-enough/
Do you think I should change the buttons to look like the "Regular Buttons with icons" screen shot shown in the link above?
I think using the default button style would be more usable. However, it might not be as ascetically please. But usability is more important, right. ;)
Eagerly awaiting your feedback,
Elijah
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Re: Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

20 June 2007 at 12:05pm
Can't we continue with the current style with Button Icons ? I think that would be ascetically pleased and usable too.
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Re: Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

20 June 2007 at 1:48pm
I think the current style is what would work best. Read this article on why icons dont work for navigations (well buttons in this case) http://www.smileycat.com/miaow/archives/000603.php. - I think the idea of icons is nice but that space could be better used. If you clutter that area up with icons it might get a bit busy and reduce readability.
I would keep it the same style but add a hover effect to the background. Eg on hover instead of the gray change it to a darker grey or a color perhaps??
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Re: Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

20 June 2007 at 2:35pm
> "I think the current style is what would work best. Read this article on why
> icons dont work for navigations (well buttons in this case)
> http://www.smileycat.com/miaow/archives/000603.php. -Ok, after reading that. I guess adding icons was a bad idea. Live and learn.
>> I would keep it the same style but add a hover effect to the background. Eg on hover instead of the gray change it to a darker grey or a color perhaps??
Ok, I'll experiment with hover effect, and probably a push button effect through use of input.submit:active. See: http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2004/04/28/
Thanks for the feedback,
Elijah
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Re: Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

20 June 2007 at 3:48pm
That looks like good idea.
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Re: Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

20 June 2007 at 6:16pm
In terms of IE, it adds a lot of padding to them action buttons which looks different to Firefox...
Elijah, it would be good to get this sorted out too - if you need any help, here's a good write up on it: http://jehiah.cz/archive/button-width-in-ie-revised
Cheers,
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Re: Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

21 June 2007 at 2:06am
I think the problem of is not look of the buttons but the position.
I was searching them myself, I didn't expect them in the top right corner where normally only the minimize, maximize, and close buttons are.
I think it is nowadays common in every type of software to put buttons in the bottom right corner (just think about dialogs).Alternatively I would suggest creating something like a toolbar below the header (left-aligned) like in all common applications.
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Re: Putting Icons on Action Buttons to make them more noticable: Good idea?

21 June 2007 at 3:17am
> I think the problem of is not look of the buttons but the position.
> "I was searching them myself, I didn't expect them in the top right corner where normally only the minimize, maximize, and close buttons are.
I think it is nowadays common in every type of software to put buttons in the bottom right corner (just think about dialogs)."Indeed, maybe moving the buttons would be a more complete fix for this usability issue.
The usability report's suggestion was:
"R: Alternatively consider moving them from within the menu bar to the top right of the editable portion of the window."
Sean, willr: What do you think?
Should the buttons be moved? If so, where?
Thanks,
Elijah
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