:-) "The Fold" is soooo "old media"
scrolling is the new black. On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Marty DeAngelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Just thought I would pass along this little treat. > > I got an email about an hour ago telling me that our client was > concerned that the video player on one of our projects pages had > controls that were 'below the fold', and the client was concerned it > would cause user experience problems. I asked which page and went to > check it out. Looking at the page, I wasn't sure how it could be below > the fold since it sits near the top of the page, but asked for > clarification of the user's screen resolution and browser type. > > In the meantime, I tried several different resolutions, different > browsers and browser sizes, toolbars on/off, and couldn't get the video > player to NOT have the controls visible. I sent an email explaining > what I did to our client rep, informing him that because the client > standards are for 1024 x 768 resolution, we had developed to that size, > but that it should work even at 800x600 resolution. I re-iterated my > previous requests and asked if it would be possible to get a screen shot > to see what he was seeing. Well, I just got the screenshot and the > problem was immediately evident, if not anticipated: > > They only had their browser window open to about 30% of their screen > real estate. > > Needless to say, 30% of an 800x600 resolution DID hide quite a bit of > the page, including the controls for the video player. I could only > respond as nicely as possible that 'maximizing their browser should > solve the problem'. > > ** SIGH ** > > Marty DeAngelo > User Experience Lead > D I G I T A S H E A L T H > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.128 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ 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
