On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 02:52:52AM -0400, Alexandra Settle wrote: > Hi, > > A lot of you have mentioned that it's a complicated navigational system that > Aeolus uses... I don't believe so and I'd never seen Aeolus until 2 months > ago.
Thanks! The perspective of someone comparatively new is really valuable here. Outside of the navigation itself, did you go through and build images, create deployables, etc.? What were your thoughts on that process? > Regardless, I've been looking at the progress bars today and I sent a tiny > example to Justin. > > I think the progress bar *could* work depending on how you plan to execute > it, however I don't think it'll work any better as a navigational tool but > rather more visually appealing. This site is built to go step by step... and > the audience that this product is designed for we're sort of hoping they can > go from one page to the next and not simply get lost. > > Something simple like what the Amazon shop site has would work (without it > being a shopping cart, take a look and see what you think) if you want to > continue with this visual idea. Yes, the idea of using it just as a sort of progress indicator inside of our existing workflow could be interesting. The only question is whether our workflow is so variable that it wouldn't always be applicable. -- Matt
