Comments on: Is Your Web Site Easy to Read? Probably Not. http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/ Web Sites Made Well Fri, 09 May 2008 13:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Yaz Okulu http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-100 Yaz Okulu Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:17:43 +0000 http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-100 does anyone knows if there is any other information about this subject in other languages? does anyone knows if there is any other information about this subject in other languages?

]]> By: Beth Budwig http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-99 Beth Budwig Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:16:44 +0000 http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-99 Sweet! Looks awesome. Sweet! Looks awesome.

]]> By: Sean http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-97 Sean Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:08:01 +0000 http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-97 I'm all about the fussiness. Even finickiness. Not only that, I'm extraordinarily open to ever increasing fussiness, or finickiness. I can't decide which is better. Anyway, thanks for the feedback. Hope you enjoy the improved styles. I’m all about the fussiness. Even finickiness. Not only that, I’m extraordinarily open to ever increasing fussiness, or finickiness. I can’t decide which is better. Anyway, thanks for the feedback. Hope you enjoy the improved styles.

]]> By: Beth Budwig http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-95 Beth Budwig Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:27:06 +0000 http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-95 I’ve enjoyed your recent blog posts, and agree with them generally - however, I can't keep from pointing out that your li’s could really use some white space around them, and the time stamp on comments is painfully unreadable with hitting "ctrl-+" a few times, in the latest version of Firefox on my PC. I know that’s some fussiness, but so are your posts. ;) Cheers, Beth I’ve enjoyed your recent blog posts, and agree with them generally - however, I can’t keep from pointing out that your li’s could really use some white space around them, and the time stamp on comments is painfully unreadable with hitting “ctrl-+” a few times, in the latest version of Firefox on my PC.

I know that’s some fussiness, but so are your posts. ;)

Cheers,
Beth

]]> By: Sean http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-78 Sean Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:53:07 +0000 http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-78 There'll always be a place for both scrolling and separate pages. AJAX won't do away with either because you can't bookmark or forward a link to content that's been drummed up by clicks in an AJAX interface. People don't mind scrolling through the blogosphere because, in that environment, it's expected. On a high-volume low-margin shopping site, however, making customers to scroll to find important content would be disastrous. Horses for courses. Scrolling and clicking don't feel like work if the user senses he'll get to the info he wants; mousing around only feels like work if the outcome is unclear (because of sloppy labeling) or if expectations aren't met. I know some clients have a fear of scrolling because they've heard that audiences don't like to scroll; which is true, sometimes. They fear people will automatically click out of their site if there's any scrolling involved. In reality, it's a balancing act. Of course, it makes sense to present as much useful information and clear direction as possible in the first screenful. But users will gladly scroll to read engaging writing, conduct research, ogle pictures of deficiently clad babes, etc. There’ll always be a place for both scrolling and separate pages. AJAX won’t do away with either because you can’t bookmark or forward a link to content that’s been drummed up by clicks in an AJAX interface.

People don’t mind scrolling through the blogosphere because, in that environment, it’s expected. On a high-volume low-margin shopping site, however, making customers to scroll to find important content would be disastrous. Horses for courses.

Scrolling and clicking don’t feel like work if the user senses he’ll get to the info he wants; mousing around only feels like work if the outcome is unclear (because of sloppy labeling) or if expectations aren’t met.

I know some clients have a fear of scrolling because they’ve heard that audiences don’t like to scroll; which is true, sometimes. They fear people will automatically click out of their site if there’s any scrolling involved. In reality, it’s a balancing act. Of course, it makes sense to present as much useful information and clear direction as possible in the first screenful. But users will gladly scroll to read engaging writing, conduct research, ogle pictures of deficiently clad babes, etc.

]]> By: Clayton http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-77 Clayton Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:18:39 +0000 http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-77 Just to clarify, because without this my last post makes little sense: Scrolling on a website = turning a page of a book Clicking on a new page = closing a book then reopening it and looking for the next page (simulating the loading process) I think I dug my hole a little deeper. Just to clarify, because without this my last post makes little sense:

Scrolling on a website = turning a page of a book

Clicking on a new page = closing a book then reopening it and looking for the next page (simulating the loading process)

I think I dug my hole a little deeper.

]]> By: Clayton http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-76 Clayton Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:16:05 +0000 http://www.designicu.com/blog/easy2read/#comment-76 "Is flipping the pages in a book bad?" At least the web is safer. I've never heard of a digital paper cut before. But yea, the war between 'clicking on new pages' and 'vertical scrolling' is over. Scrolling won, it's intuitive and makes sense. But AJAX is adding a new perspective on the game. “Is flipping the pages in a book bad?”

At least the web is safer. I’ve never heard of a digital paper cut before.

But yea, the war between ‘clicking on new pages’ and ‘vertical scrolling’ is over. Scrolling won, it’s intuitive and makes sense.

But AJAX is adding a new perspective on the game.

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