Hello Graham, --- Graham Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 08 February 2008 23:19:04 :murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote: > > Hi Ivan, > > > > Some suggestions, sorted by my own preference: > > > [snip] > > > > > The icons I intend on using are colorful, so they will be desaturated > > > (not completely greyscale but visibly close) by default - on > > > mouseover, they will obtain their full color. > > > > Sounds excellent to me... and I'd think that a minimum of detail works > > best with the current design. And when it comes to colour, maybe you could > > try to adhere to a fixed pallette (that's why I sticked with greyscale, to > > make it easier ;) ) > > Interestingly, today I was changing ownership on my new 4wd and lo and behold > someone in the NZ Govt has been listening to our discussions > > https://transact.landtransport.govt.nz/ > > Action statements used well and it should be noted no icons. > > The more I think about it the more I am convinced that icons are simply a > recipe for confusion. This is the first time I've used this site ( I think > that they probably came to the action statement system before us but I like > to think that they copied us! ;) ) It loaded like greased lightning on my > crappy dialup connection, it was very simple to navigate and easily > understandable. Excellent use of mouseover to aid navigation. It loaded fast on my very crappy "mini-dsl", I like ours better... 8^) -Randy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
