On 3/21/06 6:49 PM, "Joel de Guzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote: >> Daryle Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> >>> I've read on some web design website that this is horrible UI. >> >> >> Why is "some web design website" an arbiter of good UI? > > I assumed that they based it on usability studies. But I am > not so sure. Daryle could you post some links to actual studies? I've been reading the notes at <http://www.useit.com>, specifically the "Alert Box" section at <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/>. >>> This is a feature that may be "kewl" for very advanced users, but >>> it's obscure for above-average users, and detrimental to anyone >>> else. >> >> I'm a below-average or middling web user and for me it has nothing to >> do with "kewlness." Once I discovered the feature I considered it useful. > > I agree with Dave, it has nothing to do with "kewlness". I too > find them very useful. I think there's been a big misunderstanding here. I never looked at any of the pages besides the first one Joel explicitly mentioned in the original message. I didn't realize that Joel applied the technique at a sub-section level too. (The sub-sections link to themselves, like '<a name="hi" href="#hi">') I feel that I'm right at the whole-page level, but I don't have a fully-formed opinion at the section level yet. I see why it could be helpful, but couldn't you use an explicit mnemonic instead (maybe a linked "bookmark this" button next to the title)? -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
