Jared mentioned that a "sasquatch" footer might be an indication that your site lacks sensible / complete navigation elements. That could definitely be true.
But, I think that precludes the case where the footer area serves as an instant browsing tool. It's true that many users are on the site for a specific purpose, or even more than one specific purpose, in which case the global or local navigation tools should strive to be efficient and intuitive. What about users who are browsing or "virtually loitering"? They can scan the footer for keywords, etc, for a new object of interest, without having any idea what they're really looking for, and without needing to hover over menus or drill down through multiple levels of navigation, etc, etc. Don't get me wrong - I find them cluttersome (probably not a word, I know), but I'm a snatch-and-grab web user, not typically a loiterer ;) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41412 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
