Define a visual convention for highlighting links #453

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opened 2024-12-10 13:47:03 +00:00 by fricklerhandwerk · 0 comments

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As a user of the service I want to recognise interactive elements, especially links, easily and without getting distracted from the other contents.

In our UI design we need to be very conservative with screen real estate since our data model is so complex. This is why visual cues for interactive elements need to be non-symbolic, and ideally not draw more edges either (since that get's very noisy quickly) but rather invoke shapes or colors. Since those are much more vague with what they convey, we have to leverage recognition by association.

However we decide to highlight what people would habitually expect to be links, this is how we should also highlight the less obvious items. That decision must weigh clarity vs. non-intrusiveness, and work with and without a pointer.

As a user of the service I want to recognise interactive elements, especially links, easily and without getting distracted from the other contents. In our UI design we need to be very conservative with screen real estate since our data model is so complex. This is why visual cues for interactive elements need to be non-symbolic, and ideally not draw more edges either (since that get's very noisy quickly) but rather invoke shapes or colors. Since those are much more vague with what they convey, we have to leverage recognition by association. However we decide to highlight what people would habitually expect to be links, this is how we should also highlight the less obvious items. That decision must weigh clarity vs. non-intrusiveness, and work with and without a pointer.