That specific implementation aside, I like the idea of 'collapsed navigation' in certain situations. As Will implies - there are certain times when navigation could be less important than other content on the screen.
For public websites, it seems a little risky. But for complex apps that serve a niche user base and are used frequently, I like the concept of "get stuff out of my way and let me do my job". They'd quickly learn how the navigation works. Jeff On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:56 PM, W Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was attractive, but the orange arrow definitely some Fitt's issues. The > arrow is decent size - but if you didn't tell me - I would have had no > idea > that that launched navigation. It's not that the site content on the main > page is so busy with imagery and content that there is even a need to hide > the navigation. It's just sitting on top a static image - so it's not like > it's distracting from a fantastic animated experience of Linsey Lohan > nude, > or Britney doing the perp walk - so why hide the nav bar? > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Charles B. Kreitzberg < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I thought it was a really nice site and I like the design. I can see > that > > there might be come confusions about the fact that the orange arrow > leads > > to > > the menu. Perhaps it should have a word like "menu" on it or something > to > > make it clear that it is clickable. > > > > The visual design is really nice (as is the visual design of your blog) > > and > > it is nice that the menu goes away and does not clutter the screen when > it > > is not needed. > > > > I think the reader who gave the design a solid "C" is being rather > harsh. > > > > Best, > > > > Charlie (snowed-in in Princeton, NJ) > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > -- > ~ will > > "No matter how beautiful, > no matter how cool your interface, > it would be better if there were less of it." > Alan Cooper > - > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > ------------------------------------------------------- > will evans > user experience architect > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
