Crate and Barrel (http://www.crateandbarrel.com/) does this as well. As a consumer, I think it works well in a shopping context, and it doesn't get in my way. I like the way they've implemented it, and it feels elegant, but then again, I haven't bought anything that online at C&B; when I shop there it's always in store.
As a designer I have to wonder how many online shoppers get it, but it seems the C&B design is doing a reasonable job of providing cues for what's happening when an item gets added to the cart, and they're showing item thumbnails for what's been added. Would be interesting to know if/how they tested the design. Maria On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Peter Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with an "always there" functional > banner that is pinned to the bottom of the browser? An example of > this is at http://www.houselogic.com/ > > It seems of little use to me as it is redundant to > information/function that is already on the site, takes up real > estate and is more a distraction than anything else. Maybe with some > additional context driven function there might be something there, > but the CEO here liked it so I'm doing my due diligence. I can't > remember seeing anything like it before. > > Thanks - > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Maria Cordell [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ 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
