Comments on: Best Practices for 6 Common User Interface Elements

By: boson

boson — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:04:18 +0000

awesome post, like the contents and the graphics- so nice

By: Miles Kaye

Miles Kaye — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:16:03 +0000

Great post, enjoyed reading this.

By: Emlak

Emlak — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:22:44 +0000

wow. i love this post. thanks for the tips. i do agree that the link can be of any colour other that the traditional blue, but that colour should be in contrast with the overall text and it should be the same throughout the site. And never use that colour for anything else other than links

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:02:19 +0000

90 degrees…. fixed, thanks!

By: Louis

Louis — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:49:10 +0000

Matt, thanks for the comments.

Number 2 – The red graphics that I include are usually for the benefit of those who “scan” the articles, not for those who are reading. And you’re right, “45 degrees” is a mistake; I’ll send a note to WDD to correct that.

Number 6 – Everything that’s red is a link on the example site. I wasn’t discussing the “current page” indicator, but yes that is also red. I don’t see that as a problem at all, since those are also links.

Also, I wasn’t discussing accessibility in this article, I was discussing principles in usability for average visitors. For general usability, I personally don’t think underline alone is enough. I like a contrasting color better than underline alone, but as I pointed out, the best way is to use underline plus color, which would solve both usability and accessibility concerns.

Thanks for the feedback.

By: Mkk

Mkk — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:57 +0000

Here are useful designs for the search element:
http://graphicriver.net/item/15-stylish-designs-of-search-input-field/65821

By: Makenzie Marineau

Makenzie Marineau — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:59:20 +0000

Very helpful and great ideas for those who need a little extra help when making their websites convenient. I run into a lot of issues with, especially local, business websites that don’t understand these concepts of design and reader accessibility. Thanks for the great post.

By: Jordan Foutz

Jordan Foutz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:23:47 +0000

I was just on a LinkedIn discussion board and there were several people sounding off on possible culprits for increased cart abandonment rates. I would say everyone could benefit from each point cited in this post. I’ll definitely consider these points in the future.

By: Amanda McNeill

Amanda McNeill — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:44:00 +0000

Nice article! Good basic info. I agree with Laura, above. I think there should be some kind of rollover or color change on buttons to indicate they are doing something.

If you’re interested in usability tools you may like this article from Website Magazine http://bit.ly/32mqlQ. It reviews usertesting.com (which I am affiliated with) and several others.

Amanda

By: logolitic

logolitic — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:22 +0000

very nice post, thanks