I don't agree with William. You shouldn't use stuff purely because it exists, but it certainly can help increase legibility and sometimes you simply have "a lot of crap" on your page.
@Jeff: On FAQ pages<http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=faq>an accordion can be great because you can see all the questions, and if you want an answer, just click the bar and it's right beneath it. You could think again about the auto-closing part, because it could change the height at which the q&a pair begins and that makes it less usable. Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:19 AM, William Brall <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate the design idiom. The instrument is underused, though. > > Accordions are jazz. They are superfluous. They are a symptom of a > cancer that should be cut out. > > The cause is senseless page bloat. > > Focus on tracking, prediction, and reduction. And you'll see that > the need for accordions goes away. > > In other words. If you are considering them, you have too much crap > on that page. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36908 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
