24 Aug
2009
24 Aug
'09
7:22 p.m.
We should make a standard and follow it on other aspects too.
The same discussion is for the pagination: do you show the prev link? yes
you do, and it's disabled. But the user know that a Prev action can be done
and he knows it's possition.
The same aspect is for menus too - if I don't have Edit rights - should I
see the edit link?
These remarks are very correct:
Actually, Marius suggested that we keep the
"invalid" buttons hidden (but
without changing the positions of the displayed buttons), for the following
reasons:
1/ the interface should be as light as possible, we shouldn't crowd the
interface with buttons that the user can never push
2/ disabled buttons can be a little confusing, the user wouldn't know if
there
is something he needs to do to enable those buttons.
But if you have the icons/links/buttons disabled:
A. the users knows the possible actions are there and doesn't need to still
look for them in the interface;
B. when the finishing / editing step will occur and will be possible, the
user will know where to look for it, because he seen it before.
C. the buttons don't disappear and appear like crazy. This is good also for
the designer - he can align the controls and the other sibling elements
don't blink from left to right.