Scott's right - if it's intended audience is younger (than me), entertainment site, and they added some beefed up flash on the home - like concert footage or something - plus Britney doing a perp walk - it's pretty cool :-)
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Jeff White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- ~ 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
