[dev] Re: [cvs] commit: horde/config html.php.dist framework/UI/UI Tabs.php

Ben Chavet ben at chavet.net
Sat Dec 20 10:58:22 PST 2003


I agree with your users.  If something reacts to a mouseover, it should be
clickable IMHO.

--Ben

Quoting John Morrissey <jwm at horde.net>:

> On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 09:34:11AM -0800, John Morrissey wrote:
> > jwm         2003/12/20 09:34:10 PST
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     config               html.php.dist
> >     UI/UI                Tabs.php
> >   Log:
> >   Make the entire tab clickable, not just the text
>
> What does everyone think of this? I did some usability work recently on a
> Horde app I'd written and the biggest thing that came of it was that users
> like to click everything - if possible, entire cells should be clickable,
> not just the link.
>
> People especially liked being able to click anywhere in a row to view that
> item, especially if the row had a rollover - some commented that rollovers
> are often used to indicate clickability, so were confused that only the
> links were clickable.
>
> Users also liked it when I expanded the clickable area on the toolbar so
> they could click anywhere in the cell, not just on the icon/text (similar to
> this Tabs change).
>
> Thoughts on implementing these changes in Horde and its apps?
>
> john
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