On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:23:40 -0500 Owen Leonard <oleonard@athenscounty.lib.oh.us> wrote:
[...] But Delete must be a button because it's harmful to have a destructive outcome be the consequence of a GET action.
Why? you can have a confirmation box on link as well as on a button.
In that case, I made the decision to make all the controls buttons for the sake of consistency. I was uncomfortable at the time with the idea of styling links to resemble buttons because I was concerned about possible accessibility issues... I'm not sure my concerns were well-founded.
So, what's the official guideline? Paul told me to discuss it with you, so I believe what you say concerning template is the official voice :-)
I'm opposed to the idea of using graphical icons alone, because I feel the intranet interface needs to be as lightweight as possible. If we're talking only about the prog templates, then I think we need to focus on bare structure and not worry about making it pretty. I think graphical icons could be used in an alternative template for libraries to choose, but I don't think they're necessary for prog.
OK, I understand, having a bare structure as prog template suppose we have no pretty icon. Cheers, -- Pierrick LE GALL INEO media system