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I have to agree with James regarding labels helping to locate the data points of interest. Ditto with form labels - they help users identify which fields are what and which need to be completed.
If you are going to provide some visual emphasis on ...
My personal thoughts would be that a user looks first for the label to help them find the data as you said.
I spose it also depends on the data being displayed. If it's a pricing table for example, then is it ok to make one item of data stand out ...
In documents, it seems that there's a general tendency for labels to be emphasized more than the data that they label. For example browsers may render TH elements as bold but TD as regular weight. And in forms, I usually see the LABEL elements in ...
Interesting. A couple of these things are what I managed to use myself while working on a UX design for a new web app with an Agile team: chunking and buying time with complex engineering stories. And lots of other good ideas there. It's interesti...
Thanks for a good little discussion tonight. Pointed out some interesting aspects of how older people use the web.
I've been wondering about this for some time, since Agile methods don't seem to favour the idea of doing a lot of preparatory design work like user research and storyboarding, etc. The best I could come up with in an actual project was to do UX de...
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- User Experience Designer
- Company/organisation:
- Jackfruit Design Ltd
- About Me:
- I work to produce website and web application design with a strong usability component. I try to use user research to inform and shape the design process from the outset of a project. I work as a freelancer, often as part of a small team.
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- http://www.jackfruitdesign.com
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Should labels be emphasized more than data? Or visa versa?
In documents, it seems that there's a general tendency for labels to be emphasized more than the data that they label. For example browsers may render TH elements as bold but TD as regular weight. And in forms, I usually see the LABEL elements in bold but the INPUT elements or any other relevant data to be unbold.
In a way it seems natural - just like headings are usually in bold because they allow us to quickly scan the page and break it into chunks.
On the other hand, you might say that in m… Continue
In a way it seems natural - just like headings are usually in bold because they allow us to quickly scan the page and break it into chunks.
On the other hand, you might say that in m… Continue
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 10:04am — 2 Comments
Off Topic: Anyone know a good accountant?
Sorry not sure if I'm supposed to post this kind of thing here... tell me if not.
My accountant is far away in Sussex where I used to be based. So that, and climbing fees, means I'm looking for someone more local. Any recommendations? I'm a small Ltd company with 1 employee so don't need anything too big or expensive, and I mostly do my own book keeping.
My accountant is far away in Sussex where I used to be based. So that, and climbing fees, means I'm looking for someone more local. Any recommendations? I'm a small Ltd company with 1 employee so don't need anything too big or expensive, and I mostly do my own book keeping.
Posted on May 19, 2009 at 9:02am —
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