[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
> 
[...]
> 
> Looking for some research on this I did come across
> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991114.html from 1999

That page said:

Useit> In principle, this is a bad design and an abuse of the tab
Useit> metaphor.
Useit>
Useit> Tabs are supposed to be used for rapid switching between
Useit> alternative views of the same information object. 

But it did not give any supporting reasons for clinging on to such
belief.

In the physical world, people do NOT use tabs only for switching
views.


Boniface