Most popular web-sites that require you to log in, have the authentication form on the right side of the page. More or less. As a right-handed person, I find it rather intuitive to look at and convenient to work with—that I don't have to sprain my neck or move my mouse too much to select the username field (though of late, most pages do that by default, immediately after loading completes). Not being omniscient I wonder how a left-handed person would react to the very same UI. Which begs the question: should this not be part of the web-site design goal to flip the forms for a left-handed person? Also, I guess it matters what language you are interacting in. For a language like English that reads left to right, having the form on your right probably makes more sense.
要求您登录的大多数热门网站都在页面右侧显示身份验证表单。或多或少。作为一个惯用右手的人,我发现它看起来很直观,操作起来很方便 - 我不必扭伤我的脖子或移动我的鼠标太多来选择用户名字段(虽然最近,大多数页面做默认情况下,加载完成后立即)。不是无所不知我想知道一个惯用左手的人会对同一个UI做出反应。这引出了一个问题:这不应该成为网页设计目标的一部分,为左撇子人翻转表格吗?此外,我认为你正在使用的是什么语言也很重要。对于像英语这样从左到右阅读的语言,在右边有一个表格可能更有意义。
Some examples to look at with different layout of auth forms:
使用不同的auth表单布局查看的一些示例:
Facebook, Gmail, Y! Right
Buzzword Center
SOF LeftFacebook,Gmail,Y!正确的流行语中心SOF Left
Feel free to share your $0.02. I'd also be interested to know if actual research has gone in to this.
随意分享您的0.02美元。我也有兴趣知道实际的研究是否适用于此。
Update:(02/20) Some excellent posts there. Good time to summarize:
更新:(02/20)那里有一些优秀的帖子。总结的好时机:
The story so far:
到目前为止的故事:
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Most web-pages are static in terms of manoeuvrability.
大多数网页在可操作性方面都是静态的。
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Users have little/no choice on how content is served.
用户对内容的提供方式几乎没有选择权。
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English being a the lingua franca of the Internet, web sites have, over time ended up using the left-to-right reading order of English as the order. This is in keeping with UI design guidelines.
英语作为互联网的通用语言,网站随着时间的推移最终使用从左到右的英语阅读顺序作为订单。这与UI设计指南保持一致。
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Being left-handed puts you at unease when using such web-sites (not a general rule perhaps, but people have experienced issues)
当使用这样的网站时,左撇子让你感到不安(也许不是一般规则,但是人们遇到了问题)
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Users tend to change habits rather than complain.
用户倾向于改变习惯而不是抱怨。
Clarification: Some of you seem to have misinterpreted my reference to mouse manoeuvre. It was supposed to serve as an example of what I think I'd take time to get adjusted to if things weren't the way they are. Cheers!
澄清:你们中的一些人似乎误解了我对鼠标机动的提法。它本来应该作为我认为如果不是他们的方式我需要时间调整的例子。干杯!
10 个解决方案
#1
i'm left-handed. even more, i'm the only one i know that uses mouse on the left and swaps buttons (so the 'main' button is my index). but i don't see why you think that anything on screen should move 'for our benefit'.
我是左撇子。更重要的是,我是唯一一个我知道在左边使用鼠标并交换按钮的人(所以'主'按钮是我的索引)。但我不明白为什么你认为屏幕上的任何东西都应该“为了我们的利益”。
one thing i've found by obsessively observing (i did my first semi-formal poll about this when i was 13 years old) other left-handed people's habits is that there's a lot more variety among us than among right-handed people. so, if you want to do some 'multi-handed' ergonomics, you shouldn't assume anything, just allow for maximum flexibility.
我通过痴迷观察发现了一件事(当我13岁的时候,我做了第一次半正式的民意调查)其他左撇子的习惯是,我们中间的种类比右撇子的人要多得多。所以,如果你想做一些“多手”人体工程学,你不应该假设任何东西,只是允许最大的灵活性。
#2
I don't think it has anything to do with what's natural. At least not anymore. Whatever the original reason, it's self-perpetuating now. Most websites have the login form on the right-hand side of the page. Therefore, if you're striving for the goal of "don't make me think," you should put the login form on the right-hand side of the page...
我不认为这与自然有什么关系。至少不再这样了。无论原因是什么,它现在都是自我延续的。大多数网站都在页面右侧有登录表单。因此,如果您正在努力实现“不要让我思考”的目标,您应该将登录表单放在页面的右侧...
...thus increasing the number of sites that have the login form on the right-hand side of the page and the strength of the suggestion to put the login form on the right-hand side of the page so your users won't have to think...
...因此增加了页面右侧具有登录表单的站点数量以及将登录表单放在页面右侧的建议的强度,以便您的用户不会拥有想想......
...thus increasing... you get the idea.
...因此增加......你明白了。
#3
I'd guess the reason for sticking it in the upper-right corner is that it's an important thing to do on a page, but not nearly as important as the title for the page/website, and that goes in the top-left corner. It's all about reading order.
我想在右上角粘贴它的原因是它在页面上做的很重要,但不像页面/网站的标题那么重要,而且位于左上角。这都是关于阅读秩序的。
I doubt right-handedness or left-handedness makes any difference. Your hand and neck use independent muscle groups.
我怀疑右撇子或左撇子有什么不同。你的手和颈部使用独立的肌肉群。
#4
UI Design 101 dictates that you orient the controls of your user interface (desktop application, web page, etc.) using the natural reading order of your customers. For English users, this would entail a left-to-right, top-to-bottom approach. That is, the most important information should be in the top-left corner and the least important information should be in the bottom-right corner.
UI设计101要求您使用客户的自然阅读顺序来定位用户界面(桌面应用程序,网页等)的控件。对于英语用户来说,这需要一种从左到右,从上到下的方法。也就是说,最重要的信息应位于左上角,最不重要的信息应位于右下角。
The reason various websites put their login controls at different locations has less to do with conformance with some industry standard than it does with what the website designers perceive to be the most important information.
各个网站将其登录控件放在不同位置的原因与遵守某些行业标准的关系不如网站设计者认为最重要的信息。
Take Gmail for example. Google is more concerned with advertising their various products (Gmail, Web History, iGoogle, etc.) to new users than they are about you logging in. Hence, they tout their products in the place that most users look first - the top-left corner. If you've already got an account, you immediately skip over this and type your login credentials on the right-hand side. And remember that once you're logged in, you never see this screen again. With this approach, Google is clearly trying to accommodate new users, not existing users. From a business perspective, this makes sense.
以Gmail为例。谷歌更关注向新用户宣传他们的各种产品(Gmail,网络历史记录,iGoogle等)而不是他们登录。因此,他们在大多数用户首先看到的地方宣传他们的产品 - 左上角角。如果您已经拥有帐户,则立即跳过此帐户并在右侧输入您的登录凭据。请记住,一旦您登录,您再也不会看到此屏幕了。通过这种方法,Google显然正在尝试容纳新用户,而不是现有用户。从商业角度来看,这是有道理的。
#5
You might find this page interesting.
您可能会发现此页面很有趣。
"As the owner of a website you want people to be able to use your website easily and reach content quickly - which is your ultimate goal. Being consistent with other websites in terms of the positioning of menus and content will help your visitors, give them a better overall experience and reduce the likelihood of closing the browser in annoyance. Once you have confirmed the layout, you can by all means go wild with the content and design."
“作为网站的所有者,您希望人们能够轻松地使用您的网站并快速获取内容 - 这是您的最终目标。在菜单和内容的定位方面与其他网站保持一致将有助于您的访问者,给他们更好的整体体验,减少烦恼关闭浏览器的可能性。一旦确认了布局,您就可以随心所欲地使用内容和设计。“
Having the login box on the right side also allows you to keep the left hand navigation bar the same for people who are logged in and those who are not. See ING Direct's website for an example.
右侧的登录框还允许您为登录的人和不登录的人保持左侧导航栏相同。有关示例,请参阅ING Direct的网站。
#6
I found this article by Joel very enlightening. The part about conforming with the leaders in your field in order to eschew confusion and frustration is particularly applicable to your question.
我发现乔尔的这篇文章很有启发性。关于符合您所在领域的领导者以避免混淆和挫折的部分特别适用于您的问题。
#7
I am left handed but I use the mouse with my right hand, always have....I feel awkward when I use it with my left now.
我是左撇子,但我用右手使用鼠标,总是有......当我现在用左手时,我觉得很尴尬。
#8
I'd never really thought about this before... interesting. I think it has to do with organization for an left-to-right language universe.
我以前从未真正考虑过这个......有趣的。我认为这与组织从左到右的语言世界有关。
Since most languages move from left-to-right, it makes sense to have the site expand from the left to the right. Along those same lines, if you need to expand your menus, it makes sense to expand your menus from the left out to the right. However, user links (such as login, profile, etc.) are typically static. If you want to keep them out of the way of the rest of your navigation, better to put them on the other corner of the page - thus the right corner, rather than the left.
由于大多数语言从左向右移动,因此将站点从左向右扩展是有意义的。同样,如果您需要扩展菜单,将菜单从左侧扩展到右侧是有意义的。但是,用户链接(例如登录,配置文件等)通常是静态的。如果你想让它们远离导航的其他部分,最好把它们放在页面的另一个角落 - 因此是右角,而不是左边。
Edit: Sorry, I think I misinterpreted your question to mean "why are the login links on the upper right" rather than "why is the whole form on the right side of the page".
编辑:对不起,我想我误解了你的问题意思是“为什么登录链接在右上方”而不是“为什么整个表格在页面的右侧”。
#9
I am not expert in design, but I have my opinion about this subject.
我不是设计专家,但我对这个主题有自己的看法。
The main reason there is alignment on the right should have to do with the way of reading. The majority of existing languages. The most people don't care about the minority of people, they only care about the majority.
右边对齐的主要原因应该与阅读方式有关。大多数现有语言。大多数人不关心少数人,他们只关心大多数人。
Not being omniscient I wonder how a left-handed person would react to the very same UI
不是无所不知我想知道一个惯用左手的人会对同一个UI做出反应
I don't think that this could matters for any person. But I'm not the right kind of guy to talk about this... I write with right hand :S
我认为这对任何人都不重要。但我不是那种谈论这个问题的人......我用右手写道:S
It would be great that all companies start to worry about this subject, for a better world :D
为了一个更美好的世界,所有公司开始担心这个问题会很棒:D
It's choice, not chance, that determines your destiny.
#10
I don't see how it matters which hand you use the mouse with (FWIW, I am right-handed but use the mouse with my left hand).
我不明白你用哪只手用鼠标有什么关系(FWIW,我是右手但用左手用鼠标)。
Which hand you use does not alter where your cursor rests on the screen, so you don't have to move it any further with one hand than with the other. The distance is the same - i.e. however far it is from the last thing you clicked on.
您使用哪只手不会改变光标在屏幕上的位置,因此您不必再用一只手移动它而不是另一只手移动它。距离是相同的 - 即距离您点击的最后一个距离。
#1
i'm left-handed. even more, i'm the only one i know that uses mouse on the left and swaps buttons (so the 'main' button is my index). but i don't see why you think that anything on screen should move 'for our benefit'.
我是左撇子。更重要的是,我是唯一一个我知道在左边使用鼠标并交换按钮的人(所以'主'按钮是我的索引)。但我不明白为什么你认为屏幕上的任何东西都应该“为了我们的利益”。
one thing i've found by obsessively observing (i did my first semi-formal poll about this when i was 13 years old) other left-handed people's habits is that there's a lot more variety among us than among right-handed people. so, if you want to do some 'multi-handed' ergonomics, you shouldn't assume anything, just allow for maximum flexibility.
我通过痴迷观察发现了一件事(当我13岁的时候,我做了第一次半正式的民意调查)其他左撇子的习惯是,我们中间的种类比右撇子的人要多得多。所以,如果你想做一些“多手”人体工程学,你不应该假设任何东西,只是允许最大的灵活性。
#2
I don't think it has anything to do with what's natural. At least not anymore. Whatever the original reason, it's self-perpetuating now. Most websites have the login form on the right-hand side of the page. Therefore, if you're striving for the goal of "don't make me think," you should put the login form on the right-hand side of the page...
我不认为这与自然有什么关系。至少不再这样了。无论原因是什么,它现在都是自我延续的。大多数网站都在页面右侧有登录表单。因此,如果您正在努力实现“不要让我思考”的目标,您应该将登录表单放在页面的右侧...
...thus increasing the number of sites that have the login form on the right-hand side of the page and the strength of the suggestion to put the login form on the right-hand side of the page so your users won't have to think...
...因此增加了页面右侧具有登录表单的站点数量以及将登录表单放在页面右侧的建议的强度,以便您的用户不会拥有想想......
...thus increasing... you get the idea.
...因此增加......你明白了。
#3
I'd guess the reason for sticking it in the upper-right corner is that it's an important thing to do on a page, but not nearly as important as the title for the page/website, and that goes in the top-left corner. It's all about reading order.
我想在右上角粘贴它的原因是它在页面上做的很重要,但不像页面/网站的标题那么重要,而且位于左上角。这都是关于阅读秩序的。
I doubt right-handedness or left-handedness makes any difference. Your hand and neck use independent muscle groups.
我怀疑右撇子或左撇子有什么不同。你的手和颈部使用独立的肌肉群。
#4
UI Design 101 dictates that you orient the controls of your user interface (desktop application, web page, etc.) using the natural reading order of your customers. For English users, this would entail a left-to-right, top-to-bottom approach. That is, the most important information should be in the top-left corner and the least important information should be in the bottom-right corner.
UI设计101要求您使用客户的自然阅读顺序来定位用户界面(桌面应用程序,网页等)的控件。对于英语用户来说,这需要一种从左到右,从上到下的方法。也就是说,最重要的信息应位于左上角,最不重要的信息应位于右下角。
The reason various websites put their login controls at different locations has less to do with conformance with some industry standard than it does with what the website designers perceive to be the most important information.
各个网站将其登录控件放在不同位置的原因与遵守某些行业标准的关系不如网站设计者认为最重要的信息。
Take Gmail for example. Google is more concerned with advertising their various products (Gmail, Web History, iGoogle, etc.) to new users than they are about you logging in. Hence, they tout their products in the place that most users look first - the top-left corner. If you've already got an account, you immediately skip over this and type your login credentials on the right-hand side. And remember that once you're logged in, you never see this screen again. With this approach, Google is clearly trying to accommodate new users, not existing users. From a business perspective, this makes sense.
以Gmail为例。谷歌更关注向新用户宣传他们的各种产品(Gmail,网络历史记录,iGoogle等)而不是他们登录。因此,他们在大多数用户首先看到的地方宣传他们的产品 - 左上角角。如果您已经拥有帐户,则立即跳过此帐户并在右侧输入您的登录凭据。请记住,一旦您登录,您再也不会看到此屏幕了。通过这种方法,Google显然正在尝试容纳新用户,而不是现有用户。从商业角度来看,这是有道理的。
#5
You might find this page interesting.
您可能会发现此页面很有趣。
"As the owner of a website you want people to be able to use your website easily and reach content quickly - which is your ultimate goal. Being consistent with other websites in terms of the positioning of menus and content will help your visitors, give them a better overall experience and reduce the likelihood of closing the browser in annoyance. Once you have confirmed the layout, you can by all means go wild with the content and design."
“作为网站的所有者,您希望人们能够轻松地使用您的网站并快速获取内容 - 这是您的最终目标。在菜单和内容的定位方面与其他网站保持一致将有助于您的访问者,给他们更好的整体体验,减少烦恼关闭浏览器的可能性。一旦确认了布局,您就可以随心所欲地使用内容和设计。“
Having the login box on the right side also allows you to keep the left hand navigation bar the same for people who are logged in and those who are not. See ING Direct's website for an example.
右侧的登录框还允许您为登录的人和不登录的人保持左侧导航栏相同。有关示例,请参阅ING Direct的网站。
#6
I found this article by Joel very enlightening. The part about conforming with the leaders in your field in order to eschew confusion and frustration is particularly applicable to your question.
我发现乔尔的这篇文章很有启发性。关于符合您所在领域的领导者以避免混淆和挫折的部分特别适用于您的问题。
#7
I am left handed but I use the mouse with my right hand, always have....I feel awkward when I use it with my left now.
我是左撇子,但我用右手使用鼠标,总是有......当我现在用左手时,我觉得很尴尬。
#8
I'd never really thought about this before... interesting. I think it has to do with organization for an left-to-right language universe.
我以前从未真正考虑过这个......有趣的。我认为这与组织从左到右的语言世界有关。
Since most languages move from left-to-right, it makes sense to have the site expand from the left to the right. Along those same lines, if you need to expand your menus, it makes sense to expand your menus from the left out to the right. However, user links (such as login, profile, etc.) are typically static. If you want to keep them out of the way of the rest of your navigation, better to put them on the other corner of the page - thus the right corner, rather than the left.
由于大多数语言从左向右移动,因此将站点从左向右扩展是有意义的。同样,如果您需要扩展菜单,将菜单从左侧扩展到右侧是有意义的。但是,用户链接(例如登录,配置文件等)通常是静态的。如果你想让它们远离导航的其他部分,最好把它们放在页面的另一个角落 - 因此是右角,而不是左边。
Edit: Sorry, I think I misinterpreted your question to mean "why are the login links on the upper right" rather than "why is the whole form on the right side of the page".
编辑:对不起,我想我误解了你的问题意思是“为什么登录链接在右上方”而不是“为什么整个表格在页面的右侧”。
#9
I am not expert in design, but I have my opinion about this subject.
我不是设计专家,但我对这个主题有自己的看法。
The main reason there is alignment on the right should have to do with the way of reading. The majority of existing languages. The most people don't care about the minority of people, they only care about the majority.
右边对齐的主要原因应该与阅读方式有关。大多数现有语言。大多数人不关心少数人,他们只关心大多数人。
Not being omniscient I wonder how a left-handed person would react to the very same UI
不是无所不知我想知道一个惯用左手的人会对同一个UI做出反应
I don't think that this could matters for any person. But I'm not the right kind of guy to talk about this... I write with right hand :S
我认为这对任何人都不重要。但我不是那种谈论这个问题的人......我用右手写道:S
It would be great that all companies start to worry about this subject, for a better world :D
为了一个更美好的世界,所有公司开始担心这个问题会很棒:D
It's choice, not chance, that determines your destiny.
#10
I don't see how it matters which hand you use the mouse with (FWIW, I am right-handed but use the mouse with my left hand).
我不明白你用哪只手用鼠标有什么关系(FWIW,我是右手但用左手用鼠标)。
Which hand you use does not alter where your cursor rests on the screen, so you don't have to move it any further with one hand than with the other. The distance is the same - i.e. however far it is from the last thing you clicked on.
您使用哪只手不会改变光标在屏幕上的位置,因此您不必再用一只手移动它而不是另一只手移动它。距离是相同的 - 即距离您点击的最后一个距离。