Note: Consider 4th and 6th Gestalt principles: Symmetry and Closure.
How a button should looks like to be more “natural” tap-able thing? Let see some variations based on the text alignment:
Maybe.. we familiar with the 3rd button (centered align), what is the reason? Let me assume that you are right handed, device used is a phone, and you are tapping with your right-thumb, so that:
- if you choose because “I want to tap the text”, why didn’t you choose the 4th (text is right aligned)? which is more closer to your thumb.
- if you choose because “I naturally like symmetric object”, may be you are right, but should it always be a symmetry? not be more tap-able or use-able.
- if you design it and choose because “It saves some space, padding and margin, it looks perfect this way”, acceptable. No comeback for this :D
The 3th button is used in so many UIs in the web and mobile. Take a look at these:
I personally choose the 3rd button. But I propose (XD) the 2nd button. Let me assume that you are right handed, using a mobile phone, and tap with your right-thumb, so that:
- if I tap the 2nd button, my thumb will not block the text which is in some cases, needed to be shown. “Am I pressing the right button?”
- If in the future we can “play” with a button, 2nd button may give us more experiences (more playable). Other buttons’ able too XD
- if in the future we can feel a button with our thumb, the 2nd button may give us pressed-level experience.
The first reason is the strongest. Ahhh, just another thoughts to share. It may not change Elon Musk projects or change our life but we use a button to do many things in this decade or in some futures. This’s my first Medium post in shape of “not a perfect English”. Thank you…
