Navigation blindness - How to deal with the fact that people tend to ignore navigation tools http://www.guuui.com/issues/01_05.php http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000109.html
articles that I've been reading seem to say that the 'task' based navigation works best. a link to "sign up for ...." "check calender" "get news" they're verb based. I've read articles that suggest that If I have a from there should be nothing else on that page to distract me from what I am doing. Yeah I know marketing will have a cow and it looks different, but I tend to agree with it. When I have finished my "task" show me something else I can do. (again verbs) just someting to think about. On 2/1/06, Cook, Kathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I could see, Channel Nine doesn't have any builtin navigation > or "bread crumbs". I saw the external links in the right sidebar but no > navigation menu. Basically sidebar and top link menus where the top one > is consistent across pages and lets you get to all the major areas of > the site. The side menu could vary somewhat depending on the page/app > you are on. > > These seem to have the navigation hooks (probably others do as well) > Purple Blinds > Blue Haze > Small Portal > Symphony > > Since we will be able to change the theme with skins, we should decide > which basic elements the site must have first and then choose some > designs that meet those criteria. Then narrow the list down. I don't > remember seeing a list of criteria for the elements. I saw the list of > overall site features, but that is not the same thing. > > Just my 2 cents, > > Kathy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Matt Woodward > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DFWCFUG Dev Team] Design Ideas > > OK folks, I think based on the feedback I got as compared with my own > personal analysis of what structurally will work best for the site, > Channel Nine seems to be a good choice. I like Ditto Ditto as well but > I'm not sure it's a big enough design structurally to handle what we > want. > > So last chance for comments before we start moving on and cranking out > some UI prototoypes--everyone cool with Channel Nine? > http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/2334 > > Matt > > On 1/30/06, Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good point, within reason. In other words, if it's a huge amount of > > work or a massive hack to get it looking "right" (i.e. within > > acceptable parameters given the fact that it will never look > > identical) in Opera, I don't think that needs to be a huge concern. > > If we get it looking good in IE and FF, in my mind additional browser > > like Opera and Safari are icing on the cake. Between IE and FF I bet > > you hit at least 99% of all users. Safari's popular on the Mac but a > > lot of Mac users use FF as their primary browser because Safari still > > has some issues (at least when last I used it). > > > > Matt > > > > On 1/30/06, John Ivanoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Let's except that it isn't going to look the same in every browser. > > > > > > Let's find a "look" we like and we'll teak the code so it works in > > > all "browsers", I'm not talking just about IE or FF. There are many > > > browsers, platforms and devices out there and who knows what's > > > comming. > > > > > > "bullet proof" design. > > > > > > On 1/30/06, Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But those numbers are dropping fast--IE is down to 80% in Europe > > > > (it's still at about 90% in the US), and of course among techies > > > > like us Firefox use is extremely high. > > > > > > > > Obviously the app we build will have to work in both browsers and > > > > most of the designs on oswd are compatible with both IE and > Firefox. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > On 1/30/06, Ron Mast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Now now, there's nothing wrong with IE...lol. I'd say over 90% > > > > > of the public uses it. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Woodward > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:52 AM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: [DFWCFUG Dev Team] Design Ideas > > > > > > > > > > On 1/30/06, Cook, Kathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes I see the same behaviour in IE. Need to reload each > > > > > > individual > > > > > page > > > > > > in TRAC. > > > > > > > > > > Yet another reason not to use IE. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > Are any of these designs more likely to support sub-menus if > > > > > > necessary and dynamically populating content? > > > > > > > > > > WYSIWYG with these designs--some of them already have sub-menus > > > > > in the basic design, which means we wouldn't even have to worry > > > > > about that level of design from a CSS and layout perspective. > > > > > I'd say to get rolling the closer the design is to what we'll > want/need, the better. > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > -- > > > > > Matt Woodward > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://www.mattwoodward.com > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > Reply To: [email protected] List Archive: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/devteam%40list.dfwcfug.net/ > > > > > To Subscribe: Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > > > "subscribe devteam" in the body - no quotes. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: Reply to the list with unsubscribe in the > subject line. > > > > > Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com & www.cvsdude.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________ > > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are > addressed. 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