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The short weekly studies provide us with a great understanding of how our members feel about the various internet issues and trends. Studies are conducted on line, taking a random sample of about 1000 members, who are also encouraged to submit additional comments.

Click any of the Studies listed below to view summary results and a selection of participant comments.

Study Title

Conducted

Participants

Q240014. The Fine Print	2024-04-19 to 05-01	600
Q240013. FAQ	2024-04-12 to 04-23	600
Q240012. Is Easy?	2024-04-05 to 04-16	600
Q240011. Icon/Text Buttons	2024-03-29 to 04-08	600
Q240010. iBank	2024-03-22 to 04-02	600
Q240009. Support emails	2024-03-15 to 03-26	600

Study Q240011. Icon/Text Buttons

Question -
Ignoring hypertext or hyperlinks for a moment, there is much disagreement when it comes to using icons or text buttons for navigation bars on Web sites. Some people say text buttons are preferable to icons because the meaning of icons can sometimes be unclear. Others say that icons are better because they look better and make the site look less cluttered.

When visiting a Web site that you are relatively new to, what type of navigation tools do you prefer?

Responses -

ID	Response	%
1	Button with a text description	25.0
2	Button with an icon	19.5
3	Button with both an icon and description	38.0
4	Mouse-over icon button (text comes up when you put your mouse over the icon)	16.5
9	Other	1.0
	Total %	100.0

Participant Comments (randomly selected) -

ID	Comment	Member	From	Sex	Age
4138388	No comments	raftar	United Kingdom	F	44
4138395	They're way easier to understand for most people. I kinda prefer it	Veda	United States	F	37
4137447	the button with a text is more understand what we more action	Yohanes	Indonesia	M	49
4137458	Icon should be designed carefully; it should be universally understand and culturally agnostic	Akhmad	Indonesia	M	57
4137762	mouse over is a lively approach	G	India	M	63
4138359	Es mejor una descripción desplegable ya que para diferentes personas o culturas una imagen puede significar algo diferente	Carlos Manuel	Mexico	M	41
4137736	I think buttons with text description is easi to understand and more user friendly than others. It increase user experience and stays on the website for much longer time which decreases bounce rate as well.	Naresh	India	M	36
4138386	No comments	munir	United Kingdom	M	43
4138081	A menue to clickon that then has a drop down list to click on, this depends on what the website company is selling.	Karen	Switzerland	F	79
4137976	I do not have any comments	Carlos	Brazil	M	38
4137454	Short, simple and meaningful icon and description will do, minus fancy button, text etc.	Adrian Chew	Malaysia	M	38
4137520	Icon buttons are better to use, especially as text appears when the mouse approaches the icon	Charly	Indonesia	M	53
4138035	Absolutely nothing	greg	United States	M	56
4137491	Lebih mudah walaupun tampilanya kurang bagus	EDI	Indonesia	M	54
4137637	No comments	Siyabonga	South Africa	M	46
4137572	É mais transparênte	ormindo	Brazil	M	40

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