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February 06, 2006
Usability: Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox
Awhile back I wrote a post entitled "Can a 3 year old teach you about usability" about watching a 3 year old interact on websites via icons which they can identify with (for example (disney, or harry potter).
I still believe strongly in recognizable icons for usability and even accessability to a degree and the post below should illustrate another example.
Note:This post is being used to illustrate a point - not to poke fun at a browser shortcoming.
The "Search" functionality on the far right of the toolbar was introduced by Firefox and Microsoft has since (very wisely) adopted it. There is however a distinct difference in usability of the two. Firefox uses a search-icon while Microsoft (at least in this build) has simple grey text to distinguish the search-provider being used.
Firefox implementation: (notice the ICON)
Microsoft implementation (notice the lack of ICON)
The proof is in the pudding.
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