- From: Matthew Thomas <mpt@myrealbox.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:53:51 +1200
On 9 Jul, 2004, at 12:23 AM, Jim Ley wrote: > ... > Could you point me to some studies that show users are confused about > picking dates on websites now? I've never heard it's a particular > problem. > ... There are many usability annoyances in the world that are too small, in each occurrence, to be particularly measurable. That doesn't mean they don't exist, and the total annoyance can be large if we're coming across them every week. So we follow heuristics, based on measurements of more noticable things, which tell us (among other things) that consistency is important -- especially in "small visible structures" such as datepickers. <http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html#consistency> -- Matthew Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/
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