Re: [libreoffice-website] Back to top link for all pages

Hi *

Am 22.01.2011 02:40, schrieb Christian Lohmaier:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:21 AM, Bernhard Dippold
> <bernhard@familie-dippold.at> wrote:
> > An (additional) arrow would be nice, but I don't know if it really works
> > without any textual explanation.
> Added an arrow, but probably it's too small to be helpful...

It does help, arrow + top is common and easy to understand.


> > What do you think of adding the link (not more prominent than at the moment)
> > with an additional upward arrow at the right *upper* corner of the text area
> > - directly below the navbar?
> > PS: Concerning Fitt's law I don't know if we need to make this button more
> > visible and larger. As people know where to click when they want to scroll
> > up (upper arrow besides the website's content area), they will look at this
> > position to place the mouse.

> Well - before they can scroll up, they did scroll down, thus the
> cursor is at the bottom area (when using the scrollbar in ther first
> place).
> So I don't really think you can apply Fitt's law in either case.
> You did scroll down, want go up, cursor is already at the lower end of
> the scrollbar → bottom-right position would be OK.

Since there are some more possibilities to scroll while the cursor is
anywhere on the page (e.g. arrow keys, mouse wheel, edge of touchpad) I
find it hard to judge 'cursor will be here or there' in general.


> You and Christoph follow the other approach "the user wants to scroll
> up, thus he points to the upper-area of the scollbar because they're
> used to it", in this case the upper area would be better.
> I now changed it to be at top-right instead of bottom-right, so you
> get a feeling for it.

Looking at it as a visibility issue I'd prefer this location.

cheers
Erich

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