Patricia said: "I think it's one of those situations that if you bring it to someone's attention, they may decide not to like it, but if you don't say anything, it probably won't interfere with user experience much."
I'm not so sure about that. It's one of those "features" that adds nothing significant to the user experience and subtracts some functionality and choice. How many of us are just like Murli in the way we scan articles, reading the beginning and end as a way to decide whether in-depth reading will be worthwhile? I know I do, and it's something I don't want to change because it saves me time and adds value to my experience. Just because it's cool, doesn't mean you should do it. Well-structured HTML/XHTML loads very quickly in any browser, and is preferable for many reasons. This is one of those presentational "enhancements" that will -- in the long run -- encourage people to disable javascript. In designing for the Web, I think we should always ask whether a feature really adds enough genuine value to offset its cost (as measured in time and comprehension) to the end user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25287 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ 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
