Comments on: Yet another web design trend? http://designorati.com/articles/t1/web-design/215/yet-another-web-design-trend.php A 360-Degree View of the Creative World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Derek Powazek http://designorati.com/articles/t1/web-design/215/yet-another-web-design-trend.php/comment-page-1#comment-116 Derek Powazek Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:52:44 +0000 http://designorati.com/web-design/general-21/2005/yet-another-web-design-trend/#comment-116 Thanks for the link guys, but I think you’re taking my point to be a little more extreme than I meant it. Powazek.com is my personal site and it’s pretty much a blog, so there’s no need for top-of-page global nav. But don’t confuse the message with the messenger. The message is: Yes, the top of a page is important, but it’s not the only part of the experience that matters. Your best users will wind up at the bottom of your pages. Give them something worth clicking on! Not very dramatic when you put it that way, I know. And, no, it’s not the first time it’s been said. But it’s a chronic problem in modern websites, so I appreciate you giving it some attention here. Thanks for the link guys, but I think you’re taking my point to be a little more extreme than I meant it.

Powazek.com is my personal site and it’s pretty much a blog, so there’s no need for top-of-page global nav. But don’t confuse the message with the messenger.

The message is: Yes, the top of a page is important, but it’s not the only part of the experience that matters. Your best users will wind up at the bottom of your pages. Give them something worth clicking on!

Not very dramatic when you put it that way, I know. And, no, it’s not the first time it’s been said. But it’s a chronic problem in modern websites, so I appreciate you giving it some attention here.

]]> By: Jeremy http://designorati.com/articles/t1/web-design/215/yet-another-web-design-trend.php/comment-page-1#comment-100 Jeremy Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:31:46 +0000 http://designorati.com/web-design/general-21/2005/yet-another-web-design-trend/#comment-100 One of the basic tenets of usability is to go with what people know how to do, so they don't have to relearn what they have learned. That supports the thesis here. One of the basic tenets of usability is to go with what people know how to do, so they don’t have to relearn what they have learned. That supports the thesis here.

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