Why do some explorer toolbar buttons have text and others not?

[Linda]

Group,

I'm building a toolbar and trying to decide between using text with the
buttons or not, or possibly providing a switch.

MS appears to have gone half-way with this.
Is this somehow following a UI standard?

One particularly onerous example is the back and forward buttons.
Why is there text for the back, but not the forward button?

I googled for the answer, then asked in another group, but no answers yet.


Thanks,

-L

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

I'm building a toolbar and trying to decide between using text with the
buttons or not, or possibly providing a switch.

MS appears to have gone half-way with this.
Is this somehow following a UI standard?

One particularly onerous example is the back and forward buttons.
Why is there text for the back, but not the forward button?

Right click on the toolbar and select customize. You have your text options
set to "selective text on right". Change it to what you would like.

 

[Linda]

I'm trying to figure out why MS has decided to use text on some, and not on
others.

I don't need to change IE or any other MS product.
I'm writing my own, and need to know if there's some mysterious standard
behind their text/no text choices.

Thanks for responding though...

-L

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

I'm trying to figure out why MS has decided to use text on some, and not
on others.

Selective text on right applies text to the most used buttons.

 

[Linda]

Selective text on right applies text to the most used buttons.

Kinda 'fuzzy' for an MS UI.

It'd be nice if they'd mention it in their UI standards:



" Toolbar buttons can also include text. The text label can
appear below or to the right of the button's image. In general, set the
text label to appear below the image. However, if you always display a
text label for the button, you should display the label to the right of
the image. For example, you might use this convention to distinguish
between multiple buttons that have the same image — for example, buttons
that provide access to particular Web pages or document files that use
the same image <...,or you think will be used the most commonly...>."


Thanks for the info!


-Linda