Seems to me that while users are more sophisticated about scrolling, it is just common sense to make certain that anything you want the user to see on initial view should be visible.
My recent experience in user testing is that while users have developed expectations about how websites operate, they are also more frazzled and rushed and will often not take the time to look at screen elements to see how they work. Particularly on the home page. An interesting study that Ben Shneiderman just sent me indicates that users make aesthetic decisions about a page within 50-500 milliseconds. Talk about fast! Reference: Evaluating the consistency of immediate aesthetic perceptions of web pages Tractinsky, Noam / Cokhavi, Avivit / Kirschenbaum, Moti / Sharfi, Tal International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 2006 v.64 n.11 p.1071-1083 ============================ Charles B. Kreitzberg, Ph.D. CEO, Cognetics Corporation ============================ ________________________________________________________________ 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
