[Sigia-l] seeking rules

[dooxer]

(I preface this post with the fact that I didn't search though the message
archives for any iterations of this thread...)

I think generalising certain deployment technologies as "bad" like this may
be a little dangerous...

I think it may be safer to suggest that any deployment technology (i.e.
Flash, Javascript, DHTML, etc...) should be vetted for its appropriateness
to the task/solution at hand-

I often argue against the blind use of Flash in my group (as soon as a new
project lands, the account team and creatives often start chanting in unison
"Flash! Flash!" without giving too much thought to it's affect on the user
experience, development time, etc...), but I do think these type of tools do
have their place...

I would argue that Flash is an excellent deployment technology for certain
tactics - -  subtle navigation tools, interactive elements like games,
etc...but I would also agree that Flash apps are often counter-intuitive for
users (i.e. an entire site that is programmed and designed in Flash).

I would recommend using common sense, a strong understanding of the task at
hand, knowledge of any environmental conditions (internal resourcing, etc..)
and a keen insight your users before removing (or adding, for that matter)
various deployment technologies from your "toolkit."

As an aside, I agree that Jakob's site is a great starting point - but
shouldn't be your last stop in determining what's best for your own clients.

Let the volleys commence.

Regards,

Joel Marans
Manager, Information Architecture
Publicis NetWorks Canada

From: "Heller, David" <david.heller at documentum.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:11:49 +0100
To: "'Christina Wodtke'" <cwodtke at eleganthack.com>, "'sigia-l at asis.org'"
<sigia-l at asis.org>
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] seeking rules



Christina here are a few of mine:
1. Local Navigation should be on the left; Global Navigation should be on
the top 
2. Links should be blue & underlined
3. Animated gifs are bad
4. Flash is bad 
5. Nested tables are bad
6. Users won't wait for pages to download
7. Users won't horizontally scroll
8. Users max out their windows
9. Users use web sites differently from GUI applications
10. Keep it Simple 

Ok, that's all I can come up w/. Ziya is right w/ the Jakob site ... He's
the man w/ the real list.

--dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Wodtke [mailto:cwodtke at eleganthack.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:49 AM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: [Sigia-l] seeking rules

Hey all, 

I'm seeking "rules of web design" that are absolute and erroneous in their
over-simplicity. Such as "users don't read" "users don't scroll" "Have only
seven links on a page" and so on.

Anyone have any of these (anecdotes not necessary, but always welcome for
entertainment value)

thanks! 

christina wodtke 
http://www.boxesandarrows.com

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