[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Justin,
I'm okay with a lot of what I've read, but I'm not exactly thrilled
with the way people are using buttons. Web 2.0 buttons are better as
bigger, or badges, and seeing a dozen small web 2.0 images doesn't do
it for me. Neither do complicated dynamic menus. It turns me off.
Let me give you an example of what I mean. Want some organic feeling
navigation? Check out:
http://csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/083/083.css
There's a lot to be said for simplicity of text menus, without going
crazy. You can still have a beautiful, visual presentation, plus
easy-to-understand menus, sans images. The SEO is also great. If you
had a similar design approach, elegant, added some product photos,
you'd have a fantastic start, IMO.
-- Cole
I'm a fan of text menus also. You cannot search an image for the text
in it... and even if a search-engine or two supports the alt attribute
for images, you can't search the page (ctrl +f) for it. Whenever
possible I use text. When people put text below a picture (eg:
"left-to-right: Joe, Frank, and Fenton Hardy") and save it as part of
the jpg, I trim it back out and position text near the picture. This
makes the page size a bit smaller, more searchable, and more CSS
friendly. Besides, if one really wants buttons, you can put background
colors and borders around text and make it look like a button. Of
course, one cannot click background colors.
Generally speaking, your menu system also depends on your content. I
like a left nav menu, and a quick-links top-side menu bar for the most
common things - just the way Drupal does it. I have, however, noticed a
recent turn from navigation menus (usually on the left side, sometimes
on the right), especially for sites with high graphical content.
Youtube has just top and bottom links. This may be a good idea for
graphical content - more screen real-estate for the pictures and videos.
Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org
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