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Re: Meaningful Sequences for "Back" and "Continue" on Wizards

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Dec 17, 2014 9:49AM

I would also add that making the words on the buttons meaningful is helpful
"checkout" "continue shopping", etc. Making the default button stand out -
a bit bigger, or bold text, something to help the user find the 'right'
action.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 7:31 AM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:
>
> > Luke found that people trying to complete a form were far more
> successful when he stacked the buttons at the bottom left of the page, with
> the primary action first.
>
> I agree that stacking the buttons would be best so the reading order
> matches the visual order, however, I'm personally drawn to the bottom right
> rather than the bottom left because I've been trained that way over time
> with the paradigms that are used in Windows. Also, as I'm scanning the
> form reviewing it the buttons at the bottom right are immediately after the
> last part of the form that I scanned so it seems more natural to me -- but
> I'm sure others have differing opinions.
>
> > but with CSS there's no reason it can't be a native button and look like
> a plain old link.)
>
> Speech users may voice commands such as "click link" or "click button",
> thus, I would think the visual appearance of an interactive element should
> match the semantics to ensure access by the widest group of people.
>
> Jonathan
>
>