April 02, 2004
submit, and...
found on optionslink, part of etrade
A bit of design look over function happening here, in my mind: the submit buttons look like icons, the help icon a bit too much like the submit buttons to form a roundy-look. That said, it's a good grouping: search, quote look-up and help, along with log-out.
The way log-out is treated is particularly interesting-- in some sites log-out is a trivial activity, but on a financial trading site, it's critical that one sign out when leaving a computer. This log-out treatment has a good presence. Which raises the question, should the global help have the same prominence? But then I'll be draw into a meditation on contextual help vs. global help, and that's a whole other topic...