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kaushal trivedi
kaushal trivedi

Reputation: 3443

Why it is not good design to align tabs at bottom of the screen

I know that we can place tabs on our convenient with top alignment or bottom alignments.But when i was reading the developer.android.com.The training section for lateral navigation has emphasized on the fact that tabs should not be used at bottom of the screen.But i don't find any reason why they are insisting someone to not use tabs at bottom. Can any one explain me?

you can find this article here

you can find that lines below figure 5 at the end of the paragraph.

advance thanks for giving attention to question.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 683

Answers (3)

PiTheNumber
PiTheNumber

Reputation: 23562

  1. Consitency: It is at the top in most apps
  2. Usability: If you use eye trackers you see that users read a page from top to bottom. If the tabs are at the top they are easier to find.
  3. Option menu: There is already an option menu at the bottom.

Upvotes: 4

Ian Smith
Ian Smith

Reputation: 1

I'm no expert, but I'd think it's simply a matter of convention. Users would probably expect tabs to be towards the top of the page. It's comparable to putting a file menu to the far right of a menu bar rather than the left.

Upvotes: 0

OschtärEi
OschtärEi

Reputation: 2265

It's very simple, it's all about UserInterface Concepts (there are many out there, android has an own: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/index.html ). One of them is "Consistency" - we users expect tabs (especially in android, but also in browsers) at the top and that's why they should stay there.

Also there are a few "famous" rules for userinterfaces. One set for example is from Shneidermann: http://faculty.washington.edu/jtenenbg/courses/360/f04/sessions/schneidermanGoldenRules.html

Upvotes: 2

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