Avery is mainly know for their blank printer labels. Many people use Word for creating labels, but Avery also has their own program, Avery DesignPro. I used this last week to print some Christmas card labels, and found an excellent example of poor UI component design.
In these two screenshots, can you look at them and tell which means "print a full sheet of this label" and which means "print a different individual labels"? The relevant part of the UI is the All Same "button".
The answer is actually neither. The entire area of "All Same"/"On"/"Off" is one big button, rather than a label and a toggle. Clicking changes the value, rather than performing the action that the button indicates. This is very confusing to users, since it's rare that you click an off button to turn something on. A better design would to have two radio buttons with "all labels the same" and "different individual labels", or some such text, so that it would be clear which of these was currently selected and which one you were changing to.
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Very true. Wasted an entire sheet of labels. Also, I am currently a Mac switcher, and having downloaded the "new" Avery Design Pro (which I have always loved) I don't seem to be able to find the best feature of all – print one label (not an entire sheet.)
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