Comparison of Go buttons

Ok, the next button I want to look at is the Go button. First of all, in my opinion, every interface should have a Go button. I wish my microwave had one-just put my food in and press Go.
As with the Refresh/Reload buttons, I will be considering three attributes of the button’s glyphs to determine [...]

What does the on/off glyph represent?

Nathan Zeldes has a very cool article on the history of the On/Off power switch glyph.

Comparison of Refresh/Reload buttons

I am going to have several posts, which document and examine common button standards within electronic interfaces. In part for prosperity, but also as an exercise for my own benefit. The first one I want to look at is the “Refresh/Reload” button.
To me, buttons (apart from text) should have three qualities to maximize usability.

Appropriate size
Intuitive [...]

10 Mistakes in Icon Design

Turbo Milk has got an interesting article on icon design. As far as I am concerned, it’s a usability study of icon design. Here is the top 10 list:

Insufficient differentiation between icons
Too many elements in one icon
Unnecessary elements
Lack of unity of style within a set of icons
Unnecessary perspective and shadows in small icons
Overly original metaphors
National [...]

Stick to the standards

I have another TV related usability story. We have a cheap TV we use in the basement. It’s a Konka (I’ve never heard of them either). It was given to me so I can’t complain too much. It’s a decent TV. Good picture and all of that. But there’s something that really bugs me about [...]