Hello Den, Why don't you make the graphics/icons appear when the picture is hovered ? That way the icons will not be so much of an annoyance while the user scans the photos, as at most one serie of those icons/graphics will appear. And when the user will decide to "do something" with the picture they are interested in, they will target that picture and select the action accordingly.
Well, just my $.02. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Den Serras <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have a problem with icons in general - not at all! My issue > is in this particular application. I'm not worried about users > getting confused between photos and icons. I'm worried about the > overall layout. I can imagine the eyetracking research for this (I > wish I could get the client to do the real thing) - the user's focus > will be jumping from picture to picture, as it should, but also to the > icons, which it shouldn't. > > Take a look at the gettyimages.com site, and you'll see what I mean. > A set of consistent, small, light symbols are far less of a visual > disruptor than those icons. In my experience, hunting through > hundreds of photos is tiring enough. My fear is that adding the > clutter will make the experience even that much more draining. I see > it as comparable to why museums prefer to keep the descriptions of > artwork away from the piece so that your focus is where it should be > - on the art. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39598 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
