Likewise, in testing a sample of eight test participants, I've seen
five of them ignore it, one notice and say it looks cluttered, another
notice and say they liked it but he didn't use it, and one use it
exclusively over the top navigation.
Due to the last participant, we opted leave it in the design, but due
to the participant who found it overwhelming, we provided a expand/
collapse control through which people could hide it if they didn't
like/need it. It was defaulted to be open, but we also intended the
system to remember so once you'd closed it, it would default to closed.
Is that helpful? It's not launched yet, or I'd provide you with a link.
On Apr 22, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Coryndon Luxmoore wrote:
I did some task basted research on a events site geared towards
college students. The detailed footer was used by the users when the
global navigation was unclear. So it functioned as a backup
navigation for the users. The users generally seemed to view it
positively though it was not an explicit part of the testing
protocol. --C
On Apr 22, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Michael Kay wrote:
I understand this has something to do with SEO, but there may be
more to it. Have others in this community investigated this novel
UI on a usability or wayfinding basis? My first assumption is that
they are mostly ignored by users, and not so useful down there, but
I'm wondering if there's anyone who can shed more light on the
subject.
.
Joan Vermette
email: [email protected]
primary phone: 617-495-0184
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