Column Data - Do you do alphanumeric down instead of across?
Rules to Better Interfaces (General Usability Practices)|921e0fb6-52b5-4af6-9756-62e646633371
v3.0
Posted at
11/06/2014 3:56 PM by
Rebecca Liu
Rule Intro
The search direction of a list should be obvious. When it comes to a multicolumn list, you should always head down instead of across for legibility.
Page Content
- Figure: Bad example - The list columns go across instead of down
- Figure: Good example - The list is going down
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