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Bug 2454

Summary: Navigation arrows are confusing (1GF6BK8)
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Randy Giffen <Randy_Giffen>
Component: UIAssignee: Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: minor    
Priority: P3 Keywords: usability
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: 2.0 F3   
Hardware: All   
OS: Windows NT   
Whiteboard:

Description Randy Giffen CLA 2001-10-10 22:36:43 EDT 
I find the navigation arrows in the toolbar confusing.
The up arrow I understand but I think that the right arrow means 
go into and the left go out of. 
In fact it is possible to get them to do just the opposite.

Perhaps the problem is that what the left or right arrows will
do at any given time depends on some invisible history.
Just looking at the visible state of the navigator you have no
idea what these buttons will do (without checking the button
hover-help).

Perhaps another problem is that the left right arrows look the
same as the up arrow but their functionality is completely different.
The up arrow is "move relative to current location"
The left-right arrows are "move to to some abitrary location in the history" 


NOTES:
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-29 18:29:08 EST 
PRODUCT VERSION:
122
Comment 2 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-01-22 16:25:28 EST 
Useabiity issue for which I do not have a solution
Comment 3 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-06-03 13:07:07 EDT 
Only happens using Mozilla not Netscape so it may not be our bug.
Comment 4 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-06-03 13:09:03 EDT 
Ignore last comment
Comment 5 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-06-03 13:44:02 EDT 
Can I close this?  Our buttons work the same as Windows Explorer.
Comment 6 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-06-03 16:00:53 EDT 
What the forward/back arrows do is correct.
What the up arrow does is correct.
The problem is they look the same but act on different models (history vs. 
containment).
Once one understands this it is not an issue. Close if you wish.
Comment 7 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-06-03 16:24:41 EDT 
I've asked Linda for a better icon, e.g. a folder with an up arrow, since the 
plain up arrow can also be confused with Navigate / Previous.
Hopefully that will help clarify the difference.

Leaving this PR open for the icon.
Comment 8 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-06-11 23:07:45 EDT 
Released new up icons from Linda.
Would still benefit from having a more visible history, but this will have to 
do for 2.0.
Comment 9 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-06-13 16:02:15 EDT 
verified in F3