Flash ads using the hover event to expand the ad are making hovering a declaration as well. I find myself mousing around ads to avoid expanding the ad and thus "obscuring content I want to see" as Danny put it.
Example: hover over the Nature Valley banner at the top of this page: http://skiing.about.com/od/skigear/u/skiequipment.htm Joel Tachau Director of User Experience MFG.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Hope Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:37 AM To: Jack Moffett Cc: IxDA Discuss Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best Practices for Mouseover Layers Hey Jack, 2008/11/13 Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Danny Hope wrote: >> Arguably, best practice says: don't initiate layers on rollover, but >> rather to require a click. > > Danny, I can't agree with you here. Displaying new information on rollover > has been a widely used and accepted practice for over 16 years. I suppose tool tips are an example, can you reference other examples please? > You could > certainly point out situations where it is inappropriate, Here are 3: - where the new layer obscures information or other controls - on devices which do not have a hover state, e.g. touchscreens - where the interface is to be used by someone with visual or motor disabilities > but I don't see > how you can argue that best practice is to not use this technique. I've only found one source to back up my position (anyone know any others?): http://www.nngroup.com/reports/accessibility/ (p57-64) I'm not saying that "Displaying new information on rollover" is bad practice. For example, I think that having the browser display the URL of links in it's status bar is good. I am saying that: - rollovers should not be counted as a declaration - the system should not obscure content or interface elements that the user may be trying to see. -- Regards, Danny Hope http://linkedin.com/in/dannyhope 07595 226 792 ________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
