You are right, the bottom of computer screen is invisible. I think that is the reason why Facebook has relocated that functionality to the left nav (I do use Facebook).
The Crate and Barrel example (http://www.crateandbarrel.com/) is interesting and might work. It's bigger and changes based on customer input. I wonder how does it test with the real people going about their busy-buying business. -- Oleh Kovalchuke (816) 808-6177 Skype: tangospring On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:25 AM, gail swanson <gail_swan...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
