Russell, I understand what your point is and do agree with you that it's a different approach to navigation design. I too didn't have an issue figuring out that hovering over or clicking on the orange triangle would do *something*--I wasn't sure what but that doesn't bother me on an entertainment site.
On sites such as these I think we need to consider that the Maroon 5 fan is looking for a unique EXPERIENCE. There are things about the Green Day website (http://www.greenday.com/greenday.html) that are similarly "unusable"%u2014the positioning on the navigation shifts from section to section%u2014but I enjoyed the graphic experience and taking my time to explore. It's not like I'm in desperate need to find bio information about the band and, "OMG, I can't find it! I'll never come back to this site again!" On the other hand, if an e-commerce site tried something like this I would be confused/annoyed that the navigation was concealed (Maroon 5) or always shifting (Green Day). >From an IA and usability standpoint, I have issues with both sites but I know that you are isolating this to a creative navigation/experience/visual design conversation. So, I'll compartmentalize. :) Cheers, Nikki Roberg Information Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26313 ________________________________________________________________ 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
