[Sigia-l] tabbed design user test

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Jon Hanna
>  
> > That's not an issue. Tabs were originally used for different views
> > of the same information, however, the web evolved them into
> > something else - users no longer expect different views of the
> > same information behind tabs, they can be perfectly used to
> > organise different information that's not about 'the same
> > thing'. Users understand them like that, and "one sees this all
> > the time", so it is a de-facto standard. Things change, even in
> > interface design.
> > PeterV
> 
> I would replace "users no longer expect" with "users have lost
> confidence in receiving".

May be users never expected to receive only "views" from tabs.

After all, users have used tabs in various real life situations for
information other than views.

I am not aware of anything inherent in tabs to suggest that they are
suitable only for "views". Are you?


Boniface