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Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Abraham VA Mar 26, 2010.

"Add" versus "New"?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris D'Arcy Bean Feb 25, 2010.

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Shandon Bissell replied to Guy Harvey's discussion 'Do you work in government?'

1. What is the most pressing UX need that the Federal Government has for this coming year - I work with small local governments. 2. What is the most pressing UX need your organization has for this coming year - We make financial software and right…

Jun 28, 2011

Abraham VA replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion 'Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons'

I think we should use icons only if there is space constrains. Save, Save and Close, Save and New etc. are actions. So my opinion is to use action buttons. "Save and Close", and "Save and New" are very ambiguous. Instead of…

Mar 26, 2010

Julia Debari replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion 'Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons'

Personally to me it looks like a Save and Delete icon. Any sort of red in an icon indicates a serious interaction. If you have new users they definitely need to learn the icon's meaning. In this case, as others have said, HFI recommends using…

Mar 25, 2010

Nancy Carl replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion 'Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons'

I kind of think your bosses might be partially correct. In general, if there is confusion or a kerfuffle about an icon, even if it is management, I tend to rethink the direction because that means end users might be going there too. I don't…

Mar 19, 2010

Chris D'Arcy Bean replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion 'Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons'

Hi, need some more detail on this, when the user selects "save and close", are they saving the file and closing the application, or saving the file and closing the file, but keeping the application open in one action? do you have a…

Mar 18, 2010

Rajat Bhardwaj replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion 'Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons'

If this would be an application, first time user can be trained about this and they will get use to once they understand the purpose of the icon. Secondly, if you use tooltip with the icons, it would be more intuitive for first time users. I would…

Mar 18, 2010

Shandon Bissell replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion 'Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons'

well it isn't a red 'x', it's a red circle with white 'x'. I looked at the Office 2007 that you refered to and it is just close as in the oposite of open, showing the folder. That's kinda weird too since when…

Mar 17, 2010

Susan Chopra replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion 'Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons'

A couple of thoughts. First, can you get some quick and dirty feedback? Show some folks a screenshot of the app with the icons and ask what they think that one does. I do think you need to be careful with the use of a red 'x'. There are a…

Mar 17, 2010

Save, Save and Close, Save and New icons

Okay I would like some feedback from people that know more about the subject of usability than my bosses. : ) The issue is about some icons used on our tool bar. Save - Just a disketteSave and Close - Diskette and the red circle with white X offset on it.Save and New - Diskette and a green plus. The Save and Close is causing some stir in our office and my bosses are telling me that red means delete. I showed them a handful of other applications that have a white X over red background, square…See More

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Chris D'Arcy Bean replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion '"Add" versus "New"?'

Hi I have to agree with the logic of Rajzeshwar's statement. But I can see how you don't want to suggest you are creating a person, by using the expresssion "create a new employee". To me "create a new employee record"…

Feb 25, 2010

Shannon Mihalakos replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion '"Add" versus "New"?'

Excellent solution, IMO. Hurray for use cases. :-)

Feb 15, 2010

Shandon Bissell replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion '"Add" versus "New"?'

Rajzeshwar & T.S.S.Ganesan, this is exactly what we are going to do. We're going to have both depending on the context. Example 1: "New" Employee. Employee being the parent item. "Add" Jobs, Deductions, Time Cards, etc.…

Feb 11, 2010

T.S.S.Ganesan replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion '"Add" versus "New"?'

From the above, what i understand it should be "ADD" Again it depends on context. Lets take this Froum for an example. Here to start a new discussion as well as posting a reply the have a same lable..." Add Discussion" - "…

Feb 11, 2010

Rajat Bhardwaj replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion '"Add" versus "New"?'

Best would be to have a button besides Employee List Heading saying "Add New" Hope this helps

Feb 11, 2010

Shandon Bissell replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion '"Add" versus "New"?'

We have switched it to Add and our some of our customers needed an explanation. A quick training thing, but to me it shouldn't need an explanation to be understood. When it was New, it was our own internal people that felt it should be Add.…

Feb 10, 2010

Shannon Mihalakos replied to Shandon Bissell's discussion '"Add" versus "New"?'

can you run an A/B test?

Feb 10, 2010