[thelist] Jakob Nielsen [was Anti-aliasing]

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Subject:    RE: [thelist] Jakob Nielsen [was Anti-aliasing]

>>Certainly the Flash on the home page of http://www.gozz.com
>>is confusing as hell - is that supposed to be Good Flash?

>Erg.  I have to say that I hate this kind of navigation.  It doesn't make
>immediate, obvious sense to users (me, included): the mouse moves in one
>direction and the navigation moves in the exact opposite?  It is contrary
>to how navigation should work.

Once I'd worked out what *were* the links and what were random flickering
bits of fluff, you're right, it did seem to be playing a game of "run away
from
the pointer". I have no doubt that a subtle, deeper logic which would
astound
me on an intellectual level would become apparent once I'd spent some
time playing with it. But is that what you want from functional navigation?

>And, yes, it makes me mad how Apple does it in the OS X dock (fortunately,
>I have turned the enlarging of icons off).

I have mine on very, very slightly, enough to provide visual feedback, but
not enough to move the icons.

>I hated how I would aim for Eudora and accidentally open the IRC client.

*cough*irc from command prompt*cough*

*grin*
Martin


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