@Brain: thanks for this one. I saw it before, but still wonder how much it says about the real use of the fold. Do you use it as a reference?
Met vriendelijke groet, Rein Groot ---------------------------------------------------------- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/reingroot Twitter: www.twitter.com/rein_groot Portfolio: www.reingroot.nl/portfolio 2010/1/8 Mila, Brian <[email protected]> > Check out google labs browser size app. It shows what percentage of > people can see the parts of your page. I'm not sure how they got the > data, I don't think browsers report their size, do they? Well anyway, > for whatever its worth it may help you quantify your fold issue. > > http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/ > > Brian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of R. Groot > > Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 2:18 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] How real and valuable is "above the fold" > > realestate? > > > > First off: all the best wishes for this new year. Lets make it a > usable > > one. > > > > -- Situation sketch -- > > Some clients (as well as some graphic designers) I work with still > talk > > about "above the fold" real estate. They seem to see this as a > somewhat > > measurable space (in pixels) and tribute a lot of value to it. Now I > > know > > that with a (Google) search only the top 3-5 results are actually > > clicked. > > And scrolling down to the 100th result on the page is scarce. > > > > -- My questions -- > > But how does this apply to content sites and/or applications? > > Does everything need to be as far to the top of the page as possible? > > And where does the fold start (in pixels, on avarage)? > > Do you still design with "the fold" in mind? > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > Rein Groot > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/reingroot > > Twitter: www.twitter.com/rein_groot > > Portfolio: www.reingroot.nl/portfolio > > ________________________________________________________________ > > 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
