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What your buttons say is as important as how they look. Using the wrong words on your button labels cause users confusion, more work, and slower task times. If you want to make it easy for users to take action on your app, you need to choose the right words on your button labels.
What’s the difference between ” Yes ” and ” no ” button labels?
Compare that with generic “yes/no” button labels often used on confirmation screens. Users have to read the dialog before they can take action. If they skip or misread the dialog, they’ll press the wrong button. Passive labels not only make it riskier to take action, but it forces users to do more work.
An all-lowercase style conveys a casual and lazy tone in a mumbling voice. It makes users feel as if no one put care or attention into the design. Users can sense a lack of professionalism and not trust the button. The call to action speaks as loud as the words on your button label.
Why do you need labels in a form?
The floating label won’t make users enjoy using forms. Users don’t care. They just want the outcome. Since the floating label doesn’t save any vertical space, and other types of fields such as radio buttons and the select element need a label anyway, why not just show the label in the first place?
The active imperative form turns verb phrases into commands. This form allows you to drop the subject and unnecessary articles for a more concise button label. All you need to include on your button label is a verb with an adverb or direct object. Users trust and understand commands on button labels more.
Why do you use passive labels on buttons?
Passive labels not only make it riskier to take action, but it forces users to do more work. To illustrate, the example below blocks out the dialog so that only the buttons are visible. The button labels with action verbs allow users to take action, but the buttons that use “Yes/No” labels don’t. Action verb button labels are more task-efficient.
The active imperative form turns verb phrases into commands. This form allows you to drop the subject and unnecessary articles for a more concise button label. All you need to include on your button label is a verb with an adverb or direct object.