[thelist] thinking of a site redesign...

[Lloyd Dunn]

everyone, thanks for your comments about my site http://pwp.detritus.net/ .

i've been definitely re-considering my use of frames in my redesign -- for
exactly the reasons you describe below.

i've also been going back and forth in my mind re: using flash in the
re-design. but at this point, i am preferring not to. it's something i'll
explore for the future, but i really want to keep plug-in free as much as
possible (quicktime being the only exception due to the fact that i'm
presenting movies and music).

i'll admit my taste is perhaps unusual -- but i like the animated gif
backgrounds. at the same time, everyone's comments have convinced me that i
will do without them in the re-design so as not to repel too many viewers
because of them.

like i say, the only 'client' is me -- so it's easy to fall prey to
self-indulgence. that's why i'm finding this list so valuable. thanks a
bunch!

cheers!



>I agree -- overboard on the motion. As splashy animations go, yours
>are more tasteful than most but when you have content people are
>expected to read, the distraction of any motion at all is deadly.
>
>Second: Rethink your use of frames. Yours seem nicely implemented but
>basically, frames are evil.
>
>Frames are usually a user interface nightmare because they impede
>navigation. When the user clicks BACK, which frame does the user
>mean? BACK seldom takes me back to what I wanted.
>
>What does the PRINT command print -- the whole window? One frame? Which frame?
>
>When I make a bookmark, what am I bookmarking? The whole page as it
>appears or some frame? It's almost always the frameset, which is
>almost never what the user wants.
>
>I have more arguments -- for the whole diatribe, see the Frame Flame at:
>
>   http://www.rubenzahl.com/wwworks/handouts/frame-flame.htm
>
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Lloyd Dunn
The Tape-beatles -- P.O. Box 3326 -- Iowa City IA 52244 -- USA

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