[Sigia-l] GUI elements

[Michal Smyk]

Great thanks for the links, I'm mostly interested in web pages and desktop
apps for PC's,  but seeing some iPhone/ mobile patterns library would also
be quite nice.

As for the tabs/ checkboxes, I've recorded a short (1min.) video showing how
my example works.
This webpage allows you to manage your account online.
This specific function allows you to change your mailing address from one
that is stated on your (paper) agreement, to any desired one.

The trick is, that you can't change the first address (the one from the
agreement). You have to switch to an "alternative" mailing address (which
should be another tab, of course it can be questionned - one might want to
use a radiobutton here), and then edit it, and then accept.
You achieve that by clicking on a checkbox.

http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k47/przelotnik/?action=view&current=ebok.flv
(you may skip the first 10 secs)

Regards

On 10/3/07, James Aylett <james at tartarus.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 06:38:18AM -0400, Ziya Oz wrote:
>
> > > Just to point out that in some cases implementing tabs as /radio/
> > > icons makes perfect sense (they should then be styled to look like
> > > tabs).
> >
> > Hmm. Could you explain that? When does a radio button becoming an action
> > control as opposed to a selection control coupled with an action button
> make
> > perfect sense? Tabs, however, are action controls by definition, innit?
>
> It's really an HTML semantics thing. Consider a search box, with a
> number of different areas you can search (whole site, news,
> etc. etc.). A radio button makes sense here, semantically. However
> many sites prefer to show this as a tabbed interface. (Most stop using
> radio buttons at the point they introduce tabs, which is semantically
> weird and is generally less accessible than styled radio buttons.)
>
> Basically: sometimes tabs aren't being used as action controls.
>
> James
>
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