21 Aug
2004
21 Aug
'04
6:27 p.m.
On Saturday 21 August 2004 02:05 pm, Florian Schmidt wrote:
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:35:44 +0200
Melanie <melanie(a)t-data.com> wrote:
I guess that would depend on the direction their native language is read in.
Hi,
it's backwards in a "numerical" sense, in that the numbers increase
with one slider type, but decrease with another, using the same
command.
However, UI designers don't think in numbers, but associations.
Left is generally associated with up, right with down, as we read left
to right, top to bottom. Therefore, up MUST map to left, down MUST map
to right, otherwise, non-mathematically minded people get uttely
confused.
Melanie
Hmm, i cannot believe that users really expect the horizontal scrollbars
to go right when wheeling down. That just doesn't feel natural at all.
Has there been research done? I would like to see some
sources to back
that up..
flo