I'm seeing these with increasing frequency in the footers and headers. I think Facebook started the trend. I think the banner blindness research still holds true here.
A really good example I've used in the past to talk people out of implementing such functionality are the header messages that show up in Internet Explorer. You keep wondering why the page won't load right, and just when you've reached your frustration threshold, you see that there is a message asking if you want to install an active x control. These things aren't very visible and usually indicate functionality that should be integrated in a different fashion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49414 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
