Both are using javascript libraries, not java and not so much 'css-powered' ... although in the second case, the whole page gives the user an idea of the horizontal scroll by virtue of the scrollbar, while the first does not implement a scrollbar.
Both of these actually have similar approaches, but floating the navigation persistently on the second one actually keeps the context a little more consistent. In particular the second one is really one large page and simply uses anchors to move around. I'm guessing the javascript is giving the more pleasing scroll animation to the movement. IMHO, while they are interesting approaches, I wouldn't want to see a whole lot more of this. Other than the visual novelty of panning through content, I'm not sure what the added value is for the user. In fact, other than a simple portfolio, I would think that information rich sites would start to breakdown quickly as users had to scroll vast areas of the page. James On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:04 AM, john at smorgasbord-design. co. uk < [email protected]> wrote: > This is an interesting model of navigation [1]. A movement analogy, but > this > implementation - as much as I can tell - is CSS-powered rather than Java. > Granted [1] is a simple portfolio site but I like the approach to > directional navigation. It provides a real sense of moving about an > environment, the second [2] site is a little less simplistic and I > consequently doesn't work quite as nicely. More stuff like this please > people.... > > John. > > [1] <http://melissahie.com/> http://melissahie.com/ > [2] http://www.annekejanneke.be/#go_nieuws > > > ________________________________________________________________ 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
