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Best way to position 6 buttons on control panel?
GaryMcT:
I would mock it up and try it. I ended up with curved just because it feels more ergonomic to me.
severdhed:
the first 3 or 4 revisions to my control panel, i had my buttons in straight rows, on my last one, i went with a curved layout, and i like it alot better. personally i dont think i got the curve quite right yet, so i'll probably end up redoing it yet again, but i definitely like the curve better...it just feels more natural.
Jack Burton:
A six button layout is a fighting game layout, and 99% of fighting gamers use a curved close layout these days. We all started on the straight six, but eventually moved over to Japanese controls and a curved layout.
Check out the custom stick threads at forums.shoryuken.com. You'll see what I'm talking about.
If you are going to use Japanese controls then the close curved layout will be perfect. It looks too close until you actually play with it and realize you won't accept anything else.
GaryMcT:
I did a few layout tests when designing my control panel and ended up thinking that I would always want my buttons as close together as possible.
Ond:
Regarding the Jap layouts, this -> Button Layout templates was mentioned to me in my project thread, it seems relevant here. Templates are ready to use and can be imported into your CP design.