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Re:Telling HN: Having up arrow on right hand side is comfort... by pierrefar on Friday May 15, 2009 @06:41AM (#610342)
I'm indifferent to it, and thought I'd probe your (and others') reasoning. My criterion is that it needs to be close to the title - visual clustering if you will.

But without a proper test, I don't think you or I will be able to judge which is "better".

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Re:Telling HN: Having up arrow on right hand side is comfort... by RiderOfGiraffes on Friday May 15, 2009 @06:57AM (#610356)
I've conducted tests on similar questions for my day job, and having the arrow consistently in a predictable position proved to be far superior.

Sorry, I can't provide hard data as it's company confidential, but consistency of position has become one of the main design driving forces, so clear was the evidence.

I would be interested in knowing why you claim to be indifferent to it. My tests showed people thought it didn't matter, but their actions were significantly more efficient. Some didn't believe the results, even when shown the measurements.

Why do you think you are indifferent?

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Re:Telling HN: Having up arrow on right hand side is comfort... by SwellJoe on Friday May 15, 2009 @01:00PM (#610915)
Habitual movement is known to result in greater precision and speed. This has been shown over and over in studies of athletes, musicians, dancers, video game players, etc. The computer usability field has known about predictability and consistency of interface for years (think about "ok/cancel" for a moment, and what happens when apps change it up on you). I'm surprised anyone would think there would be a question about it.
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