> > Do you find a danger, without a walk-thru, that the person you want to see > the portfolio doesn't get to the full depth of what you have to show? > > I see this as almost an inherent problem with interactive navigation and > the > limitation of the screen boundaries to be able to convey what sort of > material is behind any given screen
Firstly, I think this is an excellent point. Elsewhere you used the word 'heft' to describe the way physical media can convey the amount of content, and the progress made through that content. It seems to me there could be a conflict between keeping interfaces simple and conveying heft - most web interfaces are displaying small chunks of massive databases - keeping that complexity at bay. This is fine in cases where users only care about a small sub-section, for instance on a news site, but when a user should be making their way through more content, for instance a training course, conveying heft could be useful. I'm currently working on an online learning resource, and one way I've thought about implementing this idea is in a dynamic index page - this shows the extent of the course in one page, and indicates which pages and sections have been read. Any other thoughts on this? Joe --- http://formd.net ________________________________________________________________ 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
