Re: new front page, take 1
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Peter Karlsson wrote:
> > Left to right. How do you read all other web pages? If anything, _this_ can
> > be assumed...
>
> Since it's two-column, my first assumption is to read the left column and
> then the right column (like a newspaper), but then things come out of order.
*****Users don't read webpages*****
They scan them. The proposed format can work not because of the columns,
but because there is a big yellow subject heading that's easy to see, and
then the stuff in the box obviously goes with it.
Remember when I was ranting about putting the /doc pages in more of a list
format? I finally remembered the short article that spelled everything
out, and gave examples with actual "readability" testing results.
See: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
Jakob Nielsen -> Web Usability :: Donald Knuth -> Programming
-Jeff
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Jeff Albro jeff@antistatic.com
Customer Interaction Consultant Boston, MA
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