My preference for using rectangles is that I don't want a bunch of
different shapes on one screen capture. The screen captures have many
different elements: drop down fields, option buttons, buttons, text
entry fields, network icons, and so on. I want to present the
information consistently, as I feel that's really important from a
usability point of view, so one shape is all I want to include.
For numbered labels, I do use circles, though, because they do stand
out, and if that is the only notation, it's clean and straightforward.
Thanks for your comments :-)
PT
On 12/4/07, Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> On 12/3/07, Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > I don't use circles either; I use a rectangle to highlight buttons
> > and text fields,
>
> If your buttons are rectangular, circles or ellipses might stand out
> better than rectangles. In your case, why the preference for
> rectangles?
>
> --
> Milan Davidovic
>http://altmilan.blogspot.com
>http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com
>
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