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<- 2007 ----- ^ guestbook index --- home page ^ --- 2005 ->
The 2008 page, of course, is slightly different, as there is no "forward in time":
<- guestbook index --- ^ home page ^ --- 2007 ->
The center tabs have (graphical) "up" arrows and the left-tab has a left-ward pointing arrow; the right-hand tab has a rightward-pointing arrow.
This, to me, seems normal, and the directionality of the tabs seems conventional on the web and in my brain.
My client insists that it's the other way round: he says right is "forward"; he wants the right arrow to go to the following year:
<- 2005 ----- ^ guestbook index --- home page ^ --- 2007 ->
Any consensus? And direction (to me, not in time! {wink})?
Elenor
More often than not you will see last year to the left, next year to the right. Your client is correct.
Any consensus? And direction (to me, not in time! {wink})?
I think this is a great question for the Accessibility and Usability [webmasterworld.com] forum.
Basically, what counts as "consensus" usually reflects cultural norms - so I concur with vincevincevince raising the issue of whether this relates to dealing with conventions about reading left to right or right to left.
What you do should reflect the site purpose, function and target market. If the purpose is narrow, the target market specific, (and especially if the site material is written in a country/region-specific human language) then aply the conventions of that target market.
If the site has a broad purpose, the target market international, then think "internationalise" and use the convention "most" likely to be the norm for "most" of your visitors.
Elenor
2007 guestbook
2005 home
This also suggests "direction" (assuming current page is 2006)
