[sldev] build 3109

Mike Monkowski monkowsk at fishkill.ibm.com
Fri Jan 22 13:29:22 PST 2010


Melinda Green wrote:
> Even two buttons can often be 
> too much clutter which is why I implemented the snapshot "Save As" using 
> a flyout button with only two options. Adding a single button may not 
> seem like a big deal, but ever visible control requires some level of 
> user attention and is therefore a serious cost. The whole point of the 
> 2.0 viewer is to flatten the learning curve by reducing that clutter.

Reducing the clutter is a noble goal, but flyout buttons do have a 
discoverability issue, so they're more likely to steepen the learning 
curve rather than flatten it.

Mike


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